Is it just me or are other 4.2 users having problems updating to the new XFree86 rpms? I sent the following to this list on Friday in response to Erik's announcement of the new rpms and cc'ed Erik on it, but have not heard anything. I also filled out a bug report on the new bug reporting web page that they announced on the redhat-announce list the other day, but haven't heard anything about a fix. I didn't expect a response over the weekend (even RedHat employees deserve a weekend off :-), but I'm a little concerned that two working days later, everyone running 4.2 still has a system with a known security hole unless the problem is unique to my system. Has anyone running 4.2 successfully installed the new XFree rpms? I'm tempted to --nodeps it, but I don't want to mess the system up if it really does need a newer version of pam. > > From: Erik Troan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Major security holes have been found in the X libraries and xterm, which > > allow local users access to the root user. All Red Hat 4.x and 5.x systems > > which X-Windows installed should update their systems. Packages for the > > SPARC are not yet available. When they are, we will post a separate > > announcement so [EMAIL PROTECTED] providing full information on those > > fixes. > > > > Thanks to the XFree86 group for providing patches for these problems. > > RedHat 4.2 with all other errata applied > > rpm -Uvh --test XFree86-3.3.2-1.i386.rpm > failed dependencies: > pam >= 0.59 is needed by XFree86-3.3.2-1 > > The latest version of pam in the update directory is: pam-0.57-4 > > Does a new pam rpm need to be made or should we --nodeps it? > > Thanks, > Dave > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
