Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2008:0758 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Issued:
2008-07-24
Updated:
2008-07-24

RHEA-2008:0758 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Synopsis

binutils enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

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Topic

An updated binutils package that adds enhancements is now available.

Description

Binutils is a collection of utilities used for the creation of executable
code.

This update package adds the following enhancements:

  • support for the CMPXCHG16B instruction has been added.
  • support for the AMD SSE5 instruction set has been added.

Users of binutils are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
adds these enhancements.

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.src.rpm SHA-256: c2700dc2100a3c959e804a86864bc685e0b5203f9fabaed807d48f03c1d6d07c
x86_64
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 79fd534a39b92d63bb35933964cb526a1a85a102a4e4f09907253d4321e55867
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 79fd534a39b92d63bb35933964cb526a1a85a102a4e4f09907253d4321e55867
ia64
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0861406e0f11499bebfcb5fab8241086f9cc8db1f5bdea685cbf6ab7edf2de26
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0861406e0f11499bebfcb5fab8241086f9cc8db1f5bdea685cbf6ab7edf2de26
i386
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1b037f2eaaed23b47d739af65436cac7c178d0f20f13f81f47cf28bdfc2f8408
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1b037f2eaaed23b47d739af65436cac7c178d0f20f13f81f47cf28bdfc2f8408

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.src.rpm SHA-256: c2700dc2100a3c959e804a86864bc685e0b5203f9fabaed807d48f03c1d6d07c
x86_64
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 79fd534a39b92d63bb35933964cb526a1a85a102a4e4f09907253d4321e55867
ia64
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0861406e0f11499bebfcb5fab8241086f9cc8db1f5bdea685cbf6ab7edf2de26
i386
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1b037f2eaaed23b47d739af65436cac7c178d0f20f13f81f47cf28bdfc2f8408

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.src.rpm SHA-256: c2700dc2100a3c959e804a86864bc685e0b5203f9fabaed807d48f03c1d6d07c
x86_64
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 79fd534a39b92d63bb35933964cb526a1a85a102a4e4f09907253d4321e55867
i386
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1b037f2eaaed23b47d739af65436cac7c178d0f20f13f81f47cf28bdfc2f8408

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.src.rpm SHA-256: c2700dc2100a3c959e804a86864bc685e0b5203f9fabaed807d48f03c1d6d07c
s390x
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e8d45a435a0c5ee131ea69b51a61a4302c8533090b1e4797529c0f7ff91aaeea
s390
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.s390.rpm SHA-256: 17e5dc8c7899b8d221682c7f9f1f4589cf2dca3ee99b3737e5a0e830d1cb31dd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.src.rpm SHA-256: c2700dc2100a3c959e804a86864bc685e0b5203f9fabaed807d48f03c1d6d07c
ppc
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-25.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 209186c19885d410dbdef8b55e698ed3a7e5b3e7203cea1f73fdf68535938571

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