- Issued:
- 2008-07-24
- Updated:
- 2008-07-24
RHEA-2008:0781 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
new package: java-1.6.0-ibm
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Topic
New java-1.6.0-ibm packages that comprise IBM's Java 6 SDK are now available.
Description
The following packages comprise IBM's 1.6.0 Java release:
java-1.6.0-ibm
java-1.6.0-ibm-demo
java-1.6.0-ibm-devel
java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm
java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc
java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin
java-1.6.0-ibm-src
These packages include the IBM Java 6 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java
6 Software Development Kit.
The Java 6 Runtime Environment (JRE) consists of the Java virtual machine,
the Java platform core classes and supporting files, and includes a Web
browser plug-in for running Java applets.The Java 6 Software Development
Kit (SDK) is a development environment for building applications, applets,
and components that can be deployed on the Java platform.
These updated packages include the IBM Java 6 release.
Users of java-1.5.0-ibm may install these new 1.6.0 packages in parallel
and switch between the new and old Java environments using the alternatives
tool.
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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.