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Red Hat Errata Advisory: Updated lynx package available

Updated lynx package available

Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 19:49:27 +0100 (CET)
From: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero@redhat.de>
To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com


Red Hat, Inc. Errata Advisory

Synopsis: Lynx can’t connect to wu-ftpd 2.6.0 ftp servers
Advisory ID: RHEA-1999:050-01
Issue date: 1999-11-05
Updated on: 1999-11-05
Keywords: lynx wu-ftpd ftp connection hangs


1. Topic:

New lynx packages are available for Red Hat Linux 6.1. This
enables lynx to connect to ftp servers running wu-ftpd 2.6.0 or
higher.

2. Problem description:

Lynx 2.8.2 can’t connect to ftp servers running wu-ftpd 2.6.0
because it does not close the data connection before awaiting a
response on the control connection from the server (as required by
RFCs).

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

4. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 6.1, Intel

5. Obsoleted by:

6. Conflicts with:

7. RPMs required:

Intel:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/i386/lynx-2.8.2-3.i386.rpm

Source packages:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/SRPMS/lynx-2.8.2-3.i386.rpm

8. Solution:

For each RPM for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Uvh
where filename is the name of the RPM.

9. Verification:

MD5 sum                           Package Name 

c0ad8da18dd96397f4e6f205e0a4a504 lynx-2.8.2-3.src.rpm
7ce5f866dc7f3a268a6b60749e173d06 lynx-2.8.2-3.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

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

10. References:

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