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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:27:36 -0500
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Troy Dawson wrote:
> Hello,
> Due to an error in a rpm macro, all of the x86_64 security errata that was
> released this week was built incorrectly.  It wasn't just nss_ldap.
> We are in the process of rebuilding all of them.  But for right now, we are
> pulling all the x86_64 security errata for SL4 off the distribution servers.
> I realize that many of you already have these updates, and I apologize for
> taking so long to see the problem.  I am working on getting everything back to
> normal.
> But just so you know, the security errata that is going out right now, has been
> checked, and it did compile correctly.
> But if you happen to try to do an update for SL4 x86_64 in the next couple
> hours, you might get an error of a package or two missing.  This is because it
> takes a while to rebuild the yum/apt repositories for SL4.
> Again, we are sorry for the inconvenience this might/has caused.
> Troy

Actually, this isn't totally true.
When we checked the kernel security errata, that one was fine, a perfect match. 
  So the kernel security errata will not be pulled down.
Troy
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