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4.190. syslinux
Updated syslinux packages that fix a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
The syslinux utility is responsible for booting the operating system kernel.
Bug Fix
- BZ#500631
- Although the syslinux package contains ELF objects, the debuginfo package was previously empty. This bug has been fixed and the syslinux-debuginfo package now contains debugging information as expected.
Users of syslinux are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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