RHEA-2012:0222 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

New unixODBC64 packages are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The unixODBC64 packages contain a library for use by programs that use the ODBC
standard to connect to database servers. The unixODBC64 package provides a newer
version of the ODBC manager library than is provided in the existing Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.5 unixODBC package.

This enhancement update adds the new unixODBC64 package to Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5. (BZ#742597)

Users who are not encountering ODBC compatibility issues do not need to install
these packages. Users who need to interoperate with third-party ODBC drivers are
advised to install unixODBC64-libs and possibly unixODBC64, and then install
postgresql-odbc64 and/or mysql-connector-odbc64 if needed.

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/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 757126 - /usr/include/unixodbc_conf.h does not include ia64

CVEs

(none)

References

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