[1]redhat.com [2]Home | [3]Products & Services | [4]Store | [5]Download | [6]Support ________ Search [7][LINK] [8]Product Support: Installation Support o [9]main o [10]hardware compatibility o [11]Linux tips, tricks & howtos o [12]manuals & guides o updates, fixes & errata Red Hat, Inc. Package Update _________________________________________________________________ Package rdist _________________________________________________________________ Synopsis Rdist-6.1.5 license no longer permits distribution _________________________________________________________________ Advisory ID RHEA-1999:020-01 _________________________________________________________________ Issue Date 1999-07-09 _________________________________________________________________ Keywords rdist license _________________________________________________________________ 1. Topic: A change in licensing between rdist-6.1.0 and rdist-6.1.5 restricts the commercial distribution and use of rdist-6.1.5. 2. Bug IDs fixed: None 3. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 6.0, all architectures 4. Obsoleted by: None 5. Conflicts with: None 6. RPMs required: Intel: [13]ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/ [14]rdist-6.1.0-10.i386.rpm Alpha: [15]ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/ [16]rdist-6.1.0-10.alpha.rpm SPARC: [17]ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/ [18]rdist-6.1.0-10.sparc.rpm Source: [19]ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/SRPMS/ [20]rdist-6.1.0-10.src.rpm 7. Problem description: A change in licensing between rdist-6.1.0 and rdist-6.1.5 restricts the commercial distribution and use of rdist-6.1.5. The packages above revert to the latest available version of rdist that does not have this restriction. 8. Solution: You should install the new packages by typing (assuming Red Hat 6.0/i386) rpm -Uvh rdist-6.1.0-10.i386.rpm 9. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 058a93d7793e1acb4d4360ec8ec8f84c SRPMS/rdist-6.1.0-10.src.rpm e34468d42572caf45493bfdfbcd89ed2 alpha/rdist-6.1.0-10.alpha.rpm 12cd990464485c0329c0ff2cad5c1385 i386/rdist-6.1.0-10.i386.rpm c2f362a36664d227f5ba66f448f5e203 sparc/rdist-6.1.0-10.sparc.rpm These packages are also PGP signed by Red Hat Inc. for security. Our key is available at: [21]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 o tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nopgp 10. References: _________________________________________________________________ [22]Home | [23]Products & Services | [24]Store | [25]Download | [26]Product Support [27]Partners & Programs | [28]Community Center | [29]News & Views | [30]Application Marketplace [31]Knowledgebase | [32]Legal Statement | [33]Privacy Statement | [34]Y2K Statement | [35]Join | [36]Feedback copyright © 1999 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. References 1. http://www.redhat.com/index.html 2. http://www.redhat.com/index.html 3. http://www.redhat.com/products/ 4. http://www.redhat.com/commerce/ 5. http://www.redhat.com/download/ 6. http://www.redhat.com/support/ 7. http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/www.redhat.com/;sz=234x60;ord=N7v00ce3GIUAAGANCyA 8. http://www.redhat.com/support/ 9. http://www.redhat.com/cgi-bin/support#install 10. http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/hardware/index.html 11. http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/docs/index.html 12. http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/manuals/index.html 13. ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/ 14. ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/rdist-6.1.0-10.i386.rpm 15. ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/ 16. ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/rdist-6.1.0-10.alpha.rpm 17. ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/ 18. ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/rdist-6.1.0-10.sparc.rpm 19. ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/SRPMS/ 20. ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/SRPMS/rdist-6.1.0-10.src.rpm 21. http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html 22. http://www.redhat.com/index.html 23. http://www.redhat.com/products/ 24. http://www.redhat.com/commerce/ 25. http://www.redhat.com/download/ 26. http://www.redhat.com/cgi-bin/support/ 27. http://www.redhat.com/partners/ 28. http://www.redhat.com/community/ 29. http://www.redhat.com/news/ 30. http://www.redhat.com/appindex/ 31. http://www.redhat.com/knowledgebase/ 32. http://www.redhat.com/legal/legal_statement.html 33. http://www.redhat.com/legal/privacy_statement.html 34. http://www.redhat.com/legal/legal_statement.html#y2k 35. http://www.redhat.com/join/ 36. http://www.redhat.com/feedback.html