Bug Fix Advisory netpbm bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2009:0990-1
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-05-18
Last updated on: 2009-05-18
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated netpbm packages that resolve several issues and provide
enhancements are now available.

The netpbm package contains a library of functions which support programs
for handling various graphics file formats, including .pbm (portable
bitmaps), .pgm (portable graymaps), .pnm (portable anymaps), .ppm (portable
pixmaps) and others.

These updated netpbm packages upgrade netpbm to version 10.35.58, which
provides many bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
Notably, a large number of new utilities are included in this upgraded
version of netpbm, including: cameratopam, hpcdtoppm, jbigtopnm,
pamaddnoise, pambayer, pamdepth, pamgradient, pammixinterlace, pampick,
pamrgbatopng, pamsplit, pamthreshold, pamtilt, pamtofits, pamtosvg,
pamtotiff, pamtoxvmini, pamx, pcdovtoppm, pgmdeshadow, pgmmake, pgmmedian,
pnmtojbig, ppmdcfont, ppmddumpfont, ppmdmkfont, ppmdraw, and rlatopam

In addition, the following bugs have been fixed in this netpbm update:

* several utilities shipped with netpbm may have crashed while processing
image files. With this update, this issue has been resolved.

* several utilities shipped with netpbm did not accept files from standard
input even though this method was in accordance with the documentation.
With this update, this issue has been resolved.

All users of netpbm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, 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/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.src.rpm     36e447f908956f2248f9b784c914114c
 
IA-32:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     22758a9a78bed85b46c0ffb9adadd4c6
netpbm-devel-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     75b4e6150b662e5137229939ed9b4c66
netpbm-progs-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     f124f321e2bf86c05560f98887676266
 
x86_64:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     22758a9a78bed85b46c0ffb9adadd4c6
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.x86_64.rpm     ebd5c2c3b40d38a327ba4ba0e6133740
netpbm-devel-10.35.58-6.el4.x86_64.rpm     20c0078c60391d0626702b2c594eba40
netpbm-progs-10.35.58-6.el4.x86_64.rpm     56567746e143e388c21e46f4653bc4d8
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.src.rpm     36e447f908956f2248f9b784c914114c
 
IA-32:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     22758a9a78bed85b46c0ffb9adadd4c6
netpbm-devel-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     75b4e6150b662e5137229939ed9b4c66
netpbm-progs-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     f124f321e2bf86c05560f98887676266
 
IA-64:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     22758a9a78bed85b46c0ffb9adadd4c6
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.ia64.rpm     dd35f7b3e3660bc23742db397df1bb96
netpbm-devel-10.35.58-6.el4.ia64.rpm     07b9b7e61bc9c9593875ef30f2bf9567
netpbm-progs-10.35.58-6.el4.ia64.rpm     945b9020640f1db270e372dd87d98cf1
 
PPC:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.ppc.rpm     391e27f6f59482fb6ed1a62122cd8397
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.ppc64.rpm     1a244e2d2bd6590f8bf7dbd58bb9d642
netpbm-devel-10.35.58-6.el4.ppc.rpm     ee645771230341d8b153114ad9c0079a
netpbm-progs-10.35.58-6.el4.ppc.rpm     98db015f09eff8e98ccb43bd6b1a14a6
 
s390:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.s390.rpm     e271da1a42e7ad7d13ef4bc930cfb47e
netpbm-devel-10.35.58-6.el4.s390.rpm     e0a1816a5317f075261ebe220327db6e
netpbm-progs-10.35.58-6.el4.s390.rpm     d672bb7d76624c818b2094e9838d329b
 
s390x:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.s390.rpm     e271da1a42e7ad7d13ef4bc930cfb47e
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.s390x.rpm     553a75b0279768355b44f2288944069e
netpbm-devel-10.35.58-6.el4.s390x.rpm     b01470c4e77acc8f0d5f1ed9bcc620d4
netpbm-progs-10.35.58-6.el4.s390x.rpm     49de622b318a459d549c9cd70b2cafa5
 
x86_64:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     22758a9a78bed85b46c0ffb9adadd4c6
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.x86_64.rpm     ebd5c2c3b40d38a327ba4ba0e6133740
netpbm-devel-10.35.58-6.el4.x86_64.rpm     20c0078c60391d0626702b2c594eba40
netpbm-progs-10.35.58-6.el4.x86_64.rpm     56567746e143e388c21e46f4653bc4d8
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.src.rpm     36e447f908956f2248f9b784c914114c
 
IA-32:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     22758a9a78bed85b46c0ffb9adadd4c6
netpbm-devel-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     75b4e6150b662e5137229939ed9b4c66
netpbm-progs-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     f124f321e2bf86c05560f98887676266
 
IA-64:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     22758a9a78bed85b46c0ffb9adadd4c6
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.ia64.rpm     dd35f7b3e3660bc23742db397df1bb96
netpbm-devel-10.35.58-6.el4.ia64.rpm     07b9b7e61bc9c9593875ef30f2bf9567
netpbm-progs-10.35.58-6.el4.ia64.rpm     945b9020640f1db270e372dd87d98cf1
 
x86_64:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     22758a9a78bed85b46c0ffb9adadd4c6
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.x86_64.rpm     ebd5c2c3b40d38a327ba4ba0e6133740
netpbm-devel-10.35.58-6.el4.x86_64.rpm     20c0078c60391d0626702b2c594eba40
netpbm-progs-10.35.58-6.el4.x86_64.rpm     56567746e143e388c21e46f4653bc4d8
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.src.rpm     36e447f908956f2248f9b784c914114c
 
IA-32:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     22758a9a78bed85b46c0ffb9adadd4c6
netpbm-devel-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     75b4e6150b662e5137229939ed9b4c66
netpbm-progs-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     f124f321e2bf86c05560f98887676266
 
IA-64:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     22758a9a78bed85b46c0ffb9adadd4c6
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.ia64.rpm     dd35f7b3e3660bc23742db397df1bb96
netpbm-devel-10.35.58-6.el4.ia64.rpm     07b9b7e61bc9c9593875ef30f2bf9567
netpbm-progs-10.35.58-6.el4.ia64.rpm     945b9020640f1db270e372dd87d98cf1
 
x86_64:
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.i386.rpm     22758a9a78bed85b46c0ffb9adadd4c6
netpbm-10.35.58-6.el4.x86_64.rpm     ebd5c2c3b40d38a327ba4ba0e6133740
netpbm-devel-10.35.58-6.el4.x86_64.rpm     20c0078c60391d0626702b2c594eba40
netpbm-progs-10.35.58-6.el4.x86_64.rpm     56567746e143e388c21e46f4653bc4d8
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

479016 - Rebase netpbm package for RHEL4



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