Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: kpackage dumps core when choosing file list or installing

Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 13:31 -0500
From: bugzilla@redhat.com
To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com
Subject: [RHBA-2000:097-05] kpackage dumps core when choosing file
list or installing certain packages

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                   Red Hat, Inc. Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis:          kpackage dumps core when choosing file list or installing certain packages
Advisory ID:       RHBA-2000:097-05
Issue date:        2000-10-30
Updated on:        2000-11-01
Product:           Red Hat Linux
Keywords:          kpackage segfault core dump crash kde
Cross references:  N/A

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1. Topic:

When choosing a file list or installing/uninstalling a package,
kpackage dumps core. A bugfix release of kpackage is available to
fix this problem.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 7.0 – i386
Red Hat Linux 7.0j (Japanese) – i386

3. Problem description:

When trying to display the file list or install/uninstall
certain packages, kpackage crashes.

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

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

Red Hat Linux 7.0j (Japanese) :

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

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

7. Verification:

MD5 sum                           Package Name

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6dc8c73b9e976ea6a9acdf6c86231d22 7.0/SRPMS/kpackage-1.3.10-7.src.rpm
c632cd7315691f0a64376e12dadc1500 7.0j/SRPMS/kpackage-1.3.10-7j1.src.rpm
e9e04b5f38f0c35905f79d853fd5c258 7.0/i386/kpackage-1.3.10-7.i386.rpm
faff52d867be2ce95d881f16a6c026d0 7.0j/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

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