Nicholas L. Soms wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Could anyone help me with the following question:
> one of the latest security updates has dbus-* packages:
> dbus-1.1.2-12.el5.i386.rpm       
> dbus-glib-0.73-8.el5.i386.rpm       
> dbus-libs-1.1.2-12.el5.i386.rpm 
> dbus-x11-1.1.2-12.el5.i386.rpm
> dbus-devel-1.1.2-12.el5.i386.rpm 
> dbus-glib-devel-0.73-8.el5.i386.rpm 
> dbus-python-0.70-7.el5.i386.rpm
> 
> dbus-python package has the same version, the same size and build time 
> as in the initial SL52 distro.
> 
> [test@build i386]# LANG=C ls -l SL/dbus-python-0.70-7.el5.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 164982 Apr 14  2007 
> SL/dbus-python-0.70-7.el5.i386.rpm
> [test@build i386]# LANG=C ls -l 
> updates/security/dbus-python-0.70-7.el5.i386.rpm
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 164982 Mar 26 18:04 
> updates/security/dbus-python-0.70-7.el5.i386.rpm
> 
> 
> [test@build i386]# LANG=C rpm -qip SL/dbus-python-0.70-7.el5.i386.rpm
> warning: SL/dbus-python-0.70-7.el5.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: 
> NOKEY, key ID 82fd17b2
> Name        : dbus-python                  Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version     : 0.70                              Vendor: Scientific Linux
> Release     : 7.el5                         Build Date: Sat Mar 24 
> 06:03:59 2007
> Install Date: (not installed)               Build Host: norob.fnal.gov 
> <http://norob.fnal.gov>
> Group       : System Environment/Libraries   Source RPM: 
> dbus-python-0.70-7.el5.src.rpm
> Size        : 612763                           License: AFL/GPL
> Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Sat Apr 14 02:13:01 2007, Key ID da6ad00882fd17b2
> URL         : http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/
> Summary     : D-Bus Python Bindings
> Description :
> 
> D-Bus python bindings for use with python programs.
> [test@build i386]# LANG=C rpm -qip 
> updates/security/dbus-python-0.70-7.el5.i386.rpm
> warning: updates/security/dbus-python-0.70-7.el5.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA 
> signature: NOKEY, key ID 82fd17b2
> Name        : dbus-python                  Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version     : 0.70                              Vendor: Scientific Linux
> Release     : 7.el5                         Build Date: Sat Mar 24 
> 06:03:59 2007
> Install Date: (not installed)               Build Host: norob.fnal.gov 
> <http://norob.fnal.gov>
> Group       : System Environment/Libraries   Source RPM: 
> dbus-python-0.70-7.el5.src.rpm
> Size        : 612763                           License: AFL/GPL
> Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Sat Apr 14 02:13:01 2007, Key ID da6ad00882fd17b2
> URL         : http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/
> Summary     : D-Bus Python Bindings
> Description :
> 
> D-Bus python bindings for use with python programs.
> 
> 
> So the question is - why the same package placed in the security 
> updates? Or it should be rebuilded with new dbus-* packages?
> I'm not linux guru, I just want to understand =)
> Thank you.
> 
> -- 
> Best regards, Soms N. L.
> _______________________

It is actually the original dbus-python rpm that is in SL 5.0.  It 
hasn't changed all the way to SL 5.3.  It is the exact same rpm.  so 
there is no need to update it or reinstall it, because it is the same.

Why is it in the security updated?  It just got swept in along with the 
other dbus stuff.  We wanted to make sure that all the dbus stuff worked 
together so we took the whole bundle and put it in the errata section. 
I didn't notice that the dbus-python was actually the original 
dbus-python until you sent this e-mail.
But if you are doing normal security updates, nothing is going to be 
updated because yum can tell it is the same.

Troy
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