Enhancement Advisory nspr enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2008:0754-2
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-07-23
Last updated on: 2008-07-24
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 nspr packages that add an enhancement are now available.

Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) provides platform independence for
non-GUI operating system facilities. These facilities include threads,
thread synchronization, normal file and network I/O, interval timing,
calendar time, basic memory management (malloc and free), and shared
library linking.

These updated packages upgrade NSPR to version 4.7, which provides
the base services for Mozilla Firefox 3.

Users of nspr are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
add this enhancement.


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

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    12c1d8446d958ea81e709c19cd258fa3
 
IA-32:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    29d83acbf841866134fbef767bf57be3
nspr-devel-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    1761a8f65cfc490a33731bf5fe36dde1
 
x86_64:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    29d83acbf841866134fbef767bf57be3
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    b121861501abcee67fffb78f8ed146a2
nspr-devel-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    19d25046d3fea0818263fe5f31333ad1
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    12c1d8446d958ea81e709c19cd258fa3
 
IA-32:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    29d83acbf841866134fbef767bf57be3
nspr-devel-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    1761a8f65cfc490a33731bf5fe36dde1
 
IA-64:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    29d83acbf841866134fbef767bf57be3
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    2977187e5651f6aad920d4050b89f3e3
nspr-devel-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    f4d62ea7c07d7b725d23422689663a61
 
PPC:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    6ae43cbc36d745405e821ebc8fc14ae5
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.ppc64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    7dd139e9cf768d4c002e9b0ab47a32b4
nspr-devel-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    3e30157d3d8edbfd28d3c2d495668e52
 
s390:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    a050c3742bbbb59b8e669c45a25ed847
nspr-devel-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    c9ae3ac1ced63c7f3b286f8ba57d43b3
 
s390x:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    a050c3742bbbb59b8e669c45a25ed847
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    ae5443c8c02b519955ee1e4c8b10a5f6
nspr-devel-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    2ccc07b820a0925eb2df138226b321a4
 
x86_64:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    29d83acbf841866134fbef767bf57be3
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    b121861501abcee67fffb78f8ed146a2
nspr-devel-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    19d25046d3fea0818263fe5f31333ad1
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    12c1d8446d958ea81e709c19cd258fa3
 
IA-32:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    29d83acbf841866134fbef767bf57be3
nspr-devel-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    1761a8f65cfc490a33731bf5fe36dde1
 
IA-64:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    29d83acbf841866134fbef767bf57be3
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    2977187e5651f6aad920d4050b89f3e3
nspr-devel-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    f4d62ea7c07d7b725d23422689663a61
 
x86_64:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    29d83acbf841866134fbef767bf57be3
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    b121861501abcee67fffb78f8ed146a2
nspr-devel-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    19d25046d3fea0818263fe5f31333ad1
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    12c1d8446d958ea81e709c19cd258fa3
 
IA-32:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    29d83acbf841866134fbef767bf57be3
nspr-devel-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    1761a8f65cfc490a33731bf5fe36dde1
 
IA-64:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    29d83acbf841866134fbef767bf57be3
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    2977187e5651f6aad920d4050b89f3e3
nspr-devel-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    f4d62ea7c07d7b725d23422689663a61
 
x86_64:
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    29d83acbf841866134fbef767bf57be3
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    b121861501abcee67fffb78f8ed146a2
nspr-devel-4.7.0.99.2-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0940
    19d25046d3fea0818263fe5f31333ad1
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)


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