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Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: malformed name and version in perl-Chart package fixed

Oct 30, 2000, 22:16 (1 Talkback[s])

Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 13:26 -0500
From: bugzilla@redhat.com
To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com
Subject: [RHBA-2000:097-02] malformed name and version in perl-Chart package fixed


                   Red Hat, Inc. Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis:          kpackage dumps core when choosing file list or installing package
Advisory ID:       RHBA-2000:097-01
Issue date:        2000-10-30
Updated on:        2000-10-30
Product:           Red Hat Linux
Keywords:          kpackage segfault core dump crash kde
Cross references:  N/A

1. Topic:

A bugfix release of kpackage is avaiable. It fixes a segmentation fault when choosing "file list" and when installing or uninstalling a package.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 7.0 - i386

3. Problem description:

kpackage crashes when trying to install or uninstall certain packages or to display the file list.

4. Solution:

For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filename]

where filename is the name of the RPM.

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info):

10788 - kpackage crashes when trying to uninstall certain packages
16590 - dumps core when choosing file list
18192 - kpackage crashes when listing file
18199 - segmentation fault after installing a package
18582 - Kpackage crashes when removing or listing installed packages
18612 - kpackage and netscape crashing in linux 7.0
19086 - problems whit Kpackage and gnorpm!
19365 - kpackage reports errors and crashes
19499 - kpackage 1.3.10-5 "Collapses" When Trying to View Instaled Files

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 7.0:

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/kpackage-1.3.10-7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/kpackage-1.3.10-7j1.i386.rpm

sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/SRPMS/kpackage-1.3.10-7.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/SRPMS/kpackage-1.3.10-7j1.src.rpm

7. Verification:

MD5 sum                           Package Name

6dc8c73b9e976ea6a9acdf6c86231d22 7.0/SRPMS/kpackage-1.3.10-7.src.rpm
c632cd7315691f0a64376e12dadc1500 7.0/SRPMS/kpackage-1.3.10-7j1.src.rpm
e9e04b5f38f0c35905f79d853fd5c258 7.0/i386/kpackage-1.3.10-7.i386.rpm
faff52d867be2ce95d881f16a6c026d0 7.0/i386/kpackage-1.3.10-7j1.i386.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html

You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig <filename>

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
rpm --checksig --nogpg <filename>

8. References:

N/A

Copyright(c) 2000 Red Hat, Inc.