Issued:
2015-07-22
Updated:
2015-07-22

RHBA-2015:1429 - gcc-libraries bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

gcc-libraries bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

Updated gcc-libraries packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The gcc-libraries packages contain various GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) runtime libraries, such as libatomic and libitm.

The gcc-libraries packages have been upgraded to upstream version 5.0.0, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. These enhancements are required by the features that will be present in future releases of Red Hat Developer Toolset.

Among other changes, a new package "libmpx" is now available, which contains Memory Protection Extensions runtime libraries. (BZ#1201767)

Users of gcc-libraries are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • libmpx-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.i686.rpm
  • libatomic-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gcc-libraries-debuginfo-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gcc-libraries-debuginfo-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.i686.rpm
  • gcc-libraries-debuginfo-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libitm-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gcc-libraries-debuginfo-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libitm-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • gcc-libraries-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.src.rpm
  • libatomic-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libitm-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libitm-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.i686.rpm
  • gcc-libraries-debuginfo-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libatomic-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.i686.rpm
  • libatomic-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.s390.rpm
  • libitm-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.s390.rpm
  • libmpx-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libatomic-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gcc-libraries-debuginfo-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.s390.rpm
  • libcilkrts-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.i686.rpm
  • libcilkrts-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libatomic-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libitm-5.0.0-1.1.1.el6.ppc.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information