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TSL-2003-0021 - mkinitrd

From:  Trustix Secure Linux Advisor <tsl@trustix.com>
To:  tsl-announce@trustix.org
Subject:  TSL-2003-0021 - mkinitrd
Date:  Tue, 8 Apr 2003 12:56:43 +0200

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Trustix Secure Linux Bugfix Advisory #2003-0021

Package name:      mkinitrd
Summary:           Minor bugfix
Date:              2003-04-08
Affected versions: TSL 1.5

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Package description:
  Mkinitrd creates filesystem images for use as initial ramdisk (initrd)
  images.  These ramdisk images are often used to preload the block
  device modules (SCSI or RAID) needed to access the root filesystem.


Problem description:
  Added a few PreReq's as part of supporting certain new SCSI controllers.

Action:
  We recommend that all systems with this package installed be upgraded.


Location:
  All TSL updates are available from
  <URI:http://www.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/>
  <URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/>


About Trustix Secure Linux:
  Trustix Secure Linux is a small Linux distribution for servers. With focus
  on security and stability, the system is painlessly kept safe and up to
  date from day one using swup, the automated software updater.


Automatic updates:
  Users of the SWUP tool can enjoy having updates automatically
  installed using 'swup --upgrade'.

  Get SWUP from:
  <URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/software/swup/>


Public testing:
  These packages have been available for public testing for some time.
  If you want to contribute by testing the various packages in the
  testing tree, please feel free to share your findings on the
  tsl-discuss mailinglist.
  The testing tree is located at
  <URI:http://www.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/testing/>
  <URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/testing/>
  

Questions?
  Check out our mailing lists:
  <URI:http://www.trustix.net/support/>


Verification:
  This advisory along with all TSL packages are signed with the TSL sign key.
  This key is available from:
  <URI:http://www.trustix.net/TSL-GPG-KEY>

  The advisory itself is available from the errata pages at
  <URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/trustix-1.5/>
  or directly at
  <URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2003/TSL-2003-0021-mkinitrd.asc.txt>


MD5sums of the packages:
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a85d7fb0ed44ed60d03f097223827b7f  ./1.5/RPMS/mkinitrd-3.0.10-3tr.i586.rpm
46cdef9dd1d25adb0810f59a154a93c2  ./1.5/SRPMS/mkinitrd-3.0.10-3tr.src.rpm
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Trustix Security Team

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