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

RHEA-2012:0183 - new package: python-ctypes

Synopsis

new package: python-ctypes

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

A new python-ctypes package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The python-ctypes package provides a foreign function library for Python. It provides C compatible data types, and allows calling functions in DLLs or shared libraries. It can be used to wrap these libraries in pure Python.

This enhancement update adds the python-ctypes package to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. (BZ#601661)

Note: this package is being added as a dependency of the iotop package.

All users who require python-ctypes 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 for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
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

  • python-ctypes-1.0.2-3.el5.i386.rpm
  • python-ctypes-1.0.2-3.el5.src.rpm
  • python-ctypes-1.0.2-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • python-ctypes-1.0.2-3.el5.ppc.rpm
  • python-ctypes-1.0.2-3.el5.s390x.rpm
  • python-ctypes-1.0.2-3.el5.ia64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information