[Security Announce] [ MDVA-2008:070 ] - Updated dkms package fixes a few bugs

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Mandriva Linux Advisory MDVA-2008:070

http://www.mandriva.com/security/

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Package : dkms

Date : May 26, 2008

Affected: 2008.1

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Problem Description:

 

The dkms-minimal package in Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring did not require

lsb-release. If lsb-release was not installed, the dkms modules were

installed in the standard location, instead of the intended /dkms or

/dkms-binary. This update fixes that issue.

 

Due to another bug, dkms would consider older installed binary dkms

modules as original modules when installing a newer version of the

module as a source dkms package, thus wrongly moving the binary

modules around. This update disables original_module handling, not

needed anymore since the rework of dkms system in 2008 Spring.

 

Dkms would also print an error message during an upgrade of binary

module packages, and under certain conditions an additional warning

message regarding multiple modules being found. This update removes

those harmless messages when they are not appropriate.

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Updated Packages:

 

Mandriva Linux 2008.1:

4222e39a7d40373a4507892ddbabebd4 2008.1/i586/dkms-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1.noarch.rpm

3b6f7140d9fd17ffd2978f3beba26834 2008.1/i586/dkms-minimal-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1.noarch.rpm

c449f1d713a06a8246a7865c7f240bb7 2008.1/SRPMS/dkms-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1.src.rpm

 

Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64:

4737827650123e301e47c15138a1f1a6 2008.1/x86_64/dkms-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1.noarch.rpm

63ac909d350fbdeebb47a67ebeb307c3 2008.1/x86_64/dkms-minimal-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1.noarch.rpm

c449f1d713a06a8246a7865c7f240bb7 2008.1/SRPMS/dkms-2.0.19-4.3mdv2008.1.src.rpm

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