RHBA-2013:1530 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated batik packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The batik packages provide the Batik toolkit based on a Java technology. This
toolkit is used by applications that require to use images in the Scalable
Vector Graphics (SVG) format for various purposes, such as viewing, generation,
or manipulation.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• This update removes the empty batik-debuginfo package. (BZ#631677)
• Previously, an attempt to use the rasterizer utility to convert an SVG image

to the JPEG format caused an error to be returned. This update applies a patch
to fix this bug and rasterizer now converts SVG images to the JPEG format
correctly. (BZ#867701, BZ#995471)

• Previously, the manifest.mf file included the keyword "version" instead of

"bundle-version". Consequently, the Eclipse platform did not work correctly with
Batik utilities. This bug has been fixed and Eclipse now works as expected.
(BZ#883464)

• Due to a bug in the underlying source code, an attempt to use the ttf2svg font

converter failed with an exception. This update applies a patch to fix this bug
and ttf2svg now works correctly. (BZ#979527, BZ#995471)

• Previously, the batik packages contained many bugs, among others classpath

errors and errors connected with a missing module for handling the JPEG format.
Consequently, Batik utilities, such as raterizer, svgpp, and ttf2svg, failed
with exceptions. With this update, the underlying source code has been modified
to fix these bugs and the aforementioned utilities now work as expected.
(BZ#995471)

Users of batik are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these
bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 631677 - batik-debuginfo is empty
• BZ - 883464 - Corrupt manifest in org.apache.batik.util
• BZ - 956662 - batik: javadoc package should be noarch

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)