- Issued:
- 2013-01-07
- Updated:
- 2013-01-07
RHEA-2012:1084 - zlib enhancement update
Synopsis
zlib enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory (none)
Topic
Updated zlib packages that add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The zlib packages provide a general-purpose lossless data compression library which is used by various programs.
This update adds the following enhancements:
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Prior to this update, zlib did not provide minizip packages. As a consequence, there was no library available for extracting and creating zip archives. This update adds the minizip packages to zlib to create and extract zip archives. (BZ#690835)
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Prior to this update, zlib did not contain the pkgconfig files. As a consequence, some applications that use pkgconfig to check dependencies could not find the zlib library. This update adds the pkgconfig files to the zlib packages. Now, applications can find the zlib library using the pkgconfig tool. (BZ#803810)
All users of zlib are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add these enhancements.
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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 5 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- minizip-1.2.3-7.el5.x86_64.rpm
- zlib-1.2.3-7.el5.ppc64.rpm
- zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-7.el5.i386.rpm
- zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-7.el5.ppc64.rpm
- minizip-1.2.3-7.el5.i386.rpm
- zlib-1.2.3-7.el5.src.rpm
- minizip-1.2.3-7.el5.ppc.rpm
- minizip-devel-1.2.3-7.el5.x86_64.rpm
- zlib-1.2.3-7.el5.i386.rpm
- zlib-1.2.3-7.el5.ppc.rpm
- minizip-1.2.3-7.el5.ia64.rpm
- zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-7.el5.s390.rpm
- zlib-1.2.3-7.el5.s390.rpm
- minizip-devel-1.2.3-7.el5.s390x.rpm
- zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-7.el5.ia64.rpm
- zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-7.el5.s390x.rpm
- zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-7.el5.ppc.rpm
- zlib-devel-1.2.3-7.el5.i386.rpm
- zlib-devel-1.2.3-7.el5.ppc64.rpm
- zlib-devel-1.2.3-7.el5.ia64.rpm
- zlib-1.2.3-7.el5.s390x.rpm
- zlib-devel-1.2.3-7.el5.x86_64.rpm
- zlib-devel-1.2.3-7.el5.s390x.rpm
- zlib-devel-1.2.3-7.el5.ppc.rpm
- zlib-1.2.3-7.el5.x86_64.rpm
- minizip-1.2.3-7.el5.s390x.rpm
- zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-7.el5.x86_64.rpm
- zlib-devel-1.2.3-7.el5.s390.rpm
- minizip-devel-1.2.3-7.el5.i386.rpm
- minizip-devel-1.2.3-7.el5.ia64.rpm
- minizip-devel-1.2.3-7.el5.ppc.rpm
- zlib-1.2.3-7.el5.ia64.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
(none)
References
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Additional information
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