Bug Fix Advisory mod_perl bug fix and enhancement update

Advisory: RHBA-2009:0068-5
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-01-20
Last updated on: 2009-01-20
Affected Products: RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated mod_perl packages that fix various bugs and adds enhancements are
now available.

mod_perl provides an embedded Perl interpreter for the Apache HTTP Server.

With this update mod_perl has been re-based from version 2.0.2 to version
2.0.4, the latest upstream release. This update applies several updates,
which include a bug fix that now allows mod_perl to work properly with
Bugzilla 3.0.

For details regarding this and the many other fixes and enhancements see
the CHANGES file in usr/share/doc/mod_perl-2.0.4/.

All Bugzilla 3.0 and mod_perl users should upgrade to these updated
package, which resolve these issues.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
mod_perl-2.0.4-6.el5.src.rpm     e182e5239fea058d9613cb7c765c2152
 
IA-32:
mod_perl-2.0.4-6.el5.i386.rpm     6bab9e67c063dac2cf951f9f92a0f827
mod_perl-devel-2.0.4-6.el5.i386.rpm     3ed326bf142c3e2092be56c3f0f60b3e
 
x86_64:
mod_perl-2.0.4-6.el5.x86_64.rpm     3af457ce347acabbdeaa2e45fd26969b
mod_perl-devel-2.0.4-6.el5.i386.rpm     3ed326bf142c3e2092be56c3f0f60b3e
mod_perl-devel-2.0.4-6.el5.x86_64.rpm     fb2dc76232a798ee58fc2c24e50f31d9
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
mod_perl-2.0.4-6.el5.src.rpm     e182e5239fea058d9613cb7c765c2152
 
IA-32:
mod_perl-2.0.4-6.el5.i386.rpm     6bab9e67c063dac2cf951f9f92a0f827
mod_perl-devel-2.0.4-6.el5.i386.rpm     3ed326bf142c3e2092be56c3f0f60b3e
 
IA-64:
mod_perl-2.0.4-6.el5.ia64.rpm     c6c7034214dee82da154fd0201b348f6
mod_perl-devel-2.0.4-6.el5.ia64.rpm     5f0fa2438379ca777acb348b74e3bb63
 
PPC:
mod_perl-2.0.4-6.el5.ppc.rpm     4706135865f7f2863ff3f5bdacf748ac
mod_perl-devel-2.0.4-6.el5.ppc.rpm     88ed4a8fa44312b0f7fbfa4856131065
mod_perl-devel-2.0.4-6.el5.ppc64.rpm     47626544cf781b5935f0fa6b6202e192
 
s390x:
mod_perl-2.0.4-6.el5.s390x.rpm     7ba6bb51751d3538dfe65f051210ccff
mod_perl-devel-2.0.4-6.el5.s390.rpm     a9d2b403d9b9006e203ec2eec73b2403
mod_perl-devel-2.0.4-6.el5.s390x.rpm     ee474f31f9fb576cf39ae9c28f1aaf4e
 
x86_64:
mod_perl-2.0.4-6.el5.x86_64.rpm     3af457ce347acabbdeaa2e45fd26969b
mod_perl-devel-2.0.4-6.el5.i386.rpm     3ed326bf142c3e2092be56c3f0f60b3e
mod_perl-devel-2.0.4-6.el5.x86_64.rpm     fb2dc76232a798ee58fc2c24e50f31d9
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

274181 - RHEL5 ships with mod_perl/Apache combination that doesn't work with Bugzilla (a mod_perl bug)



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