- Issued:
- 2010-03-30
- Updated:
- 2010-03-30
RHEA-2010:0189 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
new package: xz
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
A new package, xz, which provides user-space tools for compressing and
decompressing files with the LZMA algorithm, is now available.
Description
XZ Utils is an integrated collection of user-space file compression
utilities based on the Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain-Algorithm (LZMA) compression
algorithm. LZMA is a general purpose compression algorithm designed by Igor
Pavlov as part of 7-Zip. It provides high compression ratio while keeping
decompression times low.
The xz package includes liblzma, an LZMA library and API; xz, a shell tool
for compressing files; and xzdec, a shell tool for de-compressing files.
The liblzma API is similar to zlib's and the behavior of xz and xzdec will
be familiar to users of gzip. Also, .xz files have similar properties to
files produced by gzip and bzip2, making them easy for users familiar with
these tools to work with. The LZMA algorithm, however, provides generally
better compression ratios than these conventional tools. (BZ#519122)
Anyone interested in taking advantage of this new compression utility
should install this new package.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the 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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 519122 - [RHEL5]: New package inclusion request - xz
- BZ - 567640 - xz man pages should be in the main xz package
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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xz-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: a1702a8682bd3b26cf394d6db0f9c1cdaf08171afe6078fc67e167a2c39e769e |
x86_64 | |
xz-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3953a9c5ffba837d5a424cd5a5ee75aae19b97bac9882bdef396609414cfd98b |
xz-devel-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e2d27d151902007029400b1c28372ca8b1720167c9302722cba42828aebb475e |
xz-devel-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 11eaf9db5051c60c0ee5e886eaf72b92e7254ee39f0b671a119364cfb528eaa4 |
xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 25f54a07a1648240ab85f6277e86c8b13368a309c4636779ef4b507849ad6785 |
xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: baf0d9d20d9f3147e546421f01dff546b8e4181ea5791708845b064869eebcca |
xz-lzma-compat-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: c4fabd214daaedb6d02c941e87bc07626c0bf55709a544d1aa213e3a697cd373 |
ia64 | |
xz-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: fa41fdd4a207bbf25841c8cc369ce5cae03b89230f406cbdee94a78155216de0 |
xz-devel-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 46ea8a420fbce4b911542f95e67c235ae0931375d4c13d881e89ac30984bc0bc |
xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 80a30011d0a7d4953a35c7c19b83680176602a8e4356171a96891d7f0796ddab |
xz-lzma-compat-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 32b6bccda91b58375b9ae0fd1afe20a4c732680e9f4a67e02e3cca0b56e53ffe |
i386 | |
xz-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8a9682e8f4ff2a36a247f47485dd58185dbe856f6c561f818d9a7cb18618f3ff |
xz-devel-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e2d27d151902007029400b1c28372ca8b1720167c9302722cba42828aebb475e |
xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 25f54a07a1648240ab85f6277e86c8b13368a309c4636779ef4b507849ad6785 |
xz-lzma-compat-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 58732df0e4fc710657edc2253741cdaedc9ed9da68fe131fd0eec844909d1b72 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xz-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: a1702a8682bd3b26cf394d6db0f9c1cdaf08171afe6078fc67e167a2c39e769e |
x86_64 | |
xz-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3953a9c5ffba837d5a424cd5a5ee75aae19b97bac9882bdef396609414cfd98b |
xz-devel-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e2d27d151902007029400b1c28372ca8b1720167c9302722cba42828aebb475e |
xz-devel-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 11eaf9db5051c60c0ee5e886eaf72b92e7254ee39f0b671a119364cfb528eaa4 |
xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 25f54a07a1648240ab85f6277e86c8b13368a309c4636779ef4b507849ad6785 |
xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: baf0d9d20d9f3147e546421f01dff546b8e4181ea5791708845b064869eebcca |
xz-lzma-compat-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: c4fabd214daaedb6d02c941e87bc07626c0bf55709a544d1aa213e3a697cd373 |
i386 | |
xz-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8a9682e8f4ff2a36a247f47485dd58185dbe856f6c561f818d9a7cb18618f3ff |
xz-devel-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e2d27d151902007029400b1c28372ca8b1720167c9302722cba42828aebb475e |
xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 25f54a07a1648240ab85f6277e86c8b13368a309c4636779ef4b507849ad6785 |
xz-lzma-compat-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 58732df0e4fc710657edc2253741cdaedc9ed9da68fe131fd0eec844909d1b72 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xz-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: a1702a8682bd3b26cf394d6db0f9c1cdaf08171afe6078fc67e167a2c39e769e |
x86_64 | |
xz-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3953a9c5ffba837d5a424cd5a5ee75aae19b97bac9882bdef396609414cfd98b |
xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 25f54a07a1648240ab85f6277e86c8b13368a309c4636779ef4b507849ad6785 |
xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: baf0d9d20d9f3147e546421f01dff546b8e4181ea5791708845b064869eebcca |
xz-lzma-compat-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: c4fabd214daaedb6d02c941e87bc07626c0bf55709a544d1aa213e3a697cd373 |
i386 | |
xz-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8a9682e8f4ff2a36a247f47485dd58185dbe856f6c561f818d9a7cb18618f3ff |
xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 25f54a07a1648240ab85f6277e86c8b13368a309c4636779ef4b507849ad6785 |
xz-lzma-compat-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 58732df0e4fc710657edc2253741cdaedc9ed9da68fe131fd0eec844909d1b72 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xz-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: a1702a8682bd3b26cf394d6db0f9c1cdaf08171afe6078fc67e167a2c39e769e |
x86_64 | |
xz-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3953a9c5ffba837d5a424cd5a5ee75aae19b97bac9882bdef396609414cfd98b |
xz-devel-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e2d27d151902007029400b1c28372ca8b1720167c9302722cba42828aebb475e |
xz-devel-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 11eaf9db5051c60c0ee5e886eaf72b92e7254ee39f0b671a119364cfb528eaa4 |
xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 25f54a07a1648240ab85f6277e86c8b13368a309c4636779ef4b507849ad6785 |
xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: baf0d9d20d9f3147e546421f01dff546b8e4181ea5791708845b064869eebcca |
xz-lzma-compat-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: c4fabd214daaedb6d02c941e87bc07626c0bf55709a544d1aa213e3a697cd373 |
i386 | |
xz-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8a9682e8f4ff2a36a247f47485dd58185dbe856f6c561f818d9a7cb18618f3ff |
xz-devel-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e2d27d151902007029400b1c28372ca8b1720167c9302722cba42828aebb475e |
xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 25f54a07a1648240ab85f6277e86c8b13368a309c4636779ef4b507849ad6785 |
xz-lzma-compat-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 58732df0e4fc710657edc2253741cdaedc9ed9da68fe131fd0eec844909d1b72 |
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