Yellow Dog Linux Update Announcement
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Package:	tar
Issue Date:	Mar 29, 2007
Priority:	low
Advisory-ID:	YDU-2007-03-29-167

1. Topic

Updated tar packages are available.

2. Problem

There were various issues related to tar.

3. Solution

a) Updating via yum
We suggest that you use the yum program to keep your
system up-to-date. The following command(s) will retrieve
and install the fixed version of this update onto your system:
	yum update

b) Updating manually
rpm -Fvu [filenames]
	ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/
		yellowdog-5.0/RPMS/ppc/tar-1.15.91-1.FC5.ppc.rpm

5. Verification

MD5 checksum                     Package
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[Yellow Dog Linux 5.0]
ec9b36633c814a7529db938332b510f5 tar-1.15.91-1.FC5.ppc.rpm
cd2260b33af19bc6d516b3117a5ac204 tar-1.15.91-1.FC5.src.rpm

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

5. Miscellaneous

Terra Soft has setup a moderated mailing list where these security,
bugfix, and package enhancement announcements will be posted. See
http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/ for more information.