Issued:
2012-02-20
Updated:
2012-02-20

RHEA-2012:0170 - new package: spice-protocol


Synopsis

new package: spice-protocol

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

A new spice-protocol package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The spice-protocol package provides header files describing the SPICE protocol and the para-virtual graphics card QXL. This package is required to build spice-clients.

This enhancement update adds spice-protocol to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. (BZ#718811)

All SPICE users are advised to install this new package.

Solution

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259/

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • spice-protocol-0.8.0-2.el5.src.rpm
  • spice-protocol-0.8.0-2.el5.noarch.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information