Rhea-2009:1295: Libksba; Rhea-2009:1315: Libpciaccess; Rhea-2009:1326: Log4Cpp; Rhea-2009:1245: Pdksh - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5.4 - TECHNICAL NOTES Manual

2.14. RHEA-2009:1295: libksba

A new package, libksba, is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
KSBA is a library designed to build software based on the X.509 and CMS protocols. It provides
developers with a single API that handles the underlying details of the X.509 protocol and presents
data consistently.
This new package is required by the new gnupg2 utility. GnuPG 2.0 is a newer version of GnuPG,
a tool for secure communication and data storage. GnuPG 2.0 derives from a different design
philosophy and includes additional support for S/MIME.
Anyone wishing to use GnuPG 2 is advised to also install this new package.

2.15. RHEA-2009:1315: libpciaccess

A new libpciaccess package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
The libpciaccess library provides simple access to information about PCI devices and their
configuration. This library works across multiple operating systems and is utilized by the libhbalinux
library. On Linux, libpciaccess uses either the sysfs virtual file system or the /dev/mem device to
communicate with PCI devices.
This libpciaccess package is new to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
All users requiring libpciaccess should install this newly-released package, which adds this
enhancement.

2.16. RHEA-2009:1326: log4cpp

A new log4cpp package is now available.
log4cpp is a library of C++ classes for flexible logging to files, syslog, IDSA and other destinations.
The new log4cpp package contains the 1.0 version of log4cpp for applications that need log4j style
logging capabilities.
Users of Spice and users requiring application support of the log4cpp package are advised to install
this package.

2.17. RHEA-2009:1245: pdksh

A new pdksh package which provides a public domain implementation of the ksh-88 interactive and
shell-scripting language is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
The Public Domain Korn SHell implements the ksh-88 programming language for both interactive and
shell script use.
This new pdksh package provides an alternative to ksh (ksh-93) for backward compatibility. It is also
useful in situations where customers would like to port their scripts from ksh-88 to ksh-93.
Important: the pdksh package can be installed alongside the ksh package on the same system, thus
providing both ksh-88 and ksh-93 Korn shell implementations. The alternatives utility can be used to
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=484191
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=496211
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