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Package name xmlrpc-epi
Date May 9th, 2007
Advisory ID MDKA-2007:033
Affected versions 2007.1
Synopsis Updated xmlrpc-epi packages update expat XML parser

Problem Description

The xmlrpc-epi package was using an old internal copy of the expat
XML parser, which caused random crashes in second-life. The updated
packages provided fix this by relying on the expat system library.

Updated Packages

Mandriva Linux 2007.1

 1db7a073c9398ff1e4038cb6879aa546  2007.1/i586/libxmlrpc0-0.51-10.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 6829d3d5dfba730fa8fb77e0c21c5aff  2007.1/i586/libxmlrpc0-devel-0.51-10.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm 
 f1f991d875c76831571ec73ead0af57c  2007.1/SRPMS/xmlrpc-epi-0.51-10.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64

 cfff652902c30dfdef9ba06e2dfac8dd  2007.1/x86_64/lib64xmlrpc0-0.51-10.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
 b7cc2231aa3164ca5cada585a1c0f50e  2007.1/x86_64/lib64xmlrpc0-devel-0.51-10.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm 
 f1f991d875c76831571ec73ead0af57c  2007.1/SRPMS/xmlrpc-epi-0.51-10.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Upgrade

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Verification

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command :

                rpm --checksig package.rpm

You can get the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team to verify the GPG signature of each RPM.

If you use MandrivaUpdate, the verification of md5 checksum and GPG signature is performed automatically for you.