On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 6:38 PM, Phil Wyett
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> On Mon, 2014-12-08 at 21:55 +0000, Phil Wyett wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just to let folks know after I ran into this when testing fastbugs repo
>> packages.
>>
>> The nss-softokn update currently in fastbugs for SL 6
>> (nss-softokn-3.14.3-18.el6_6) has a major bug in it that is causing very
>> frequent segfaults when starting certain application e.g. firefox.
>>
>> After testing and research at Red Hats bugzilla, I have found the
>> specific bug report against it.
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1166921
>>
>> Waiting for new package to be released. I would advise nobody upgrades
>> to this version.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Phil
>>
>
> As an update to this. Version 3.14.3-19.el6_6 that now resides in the
> fastbugs repo seems to correct the above issue that was in
> 3.14.3-18.el6_6.
>
> Regards
>
> Phil

A renewed warning. Version 3.14.3-18.el6_6 introduced yet another bug:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182297
(nss-softokn prevents dracut from building the initrd)

Looks like the fix will be in the next release, nss-softokn-3.14.3-20.el6_6.

Akemi