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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-12786
2011-09-16 01:38:14
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Name : pcsc-lite
Product : Fedora 15
Version : 1.7.2
Release : 4.fc15
URL :
http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/
Summary : PC/SC Lite smart card framework and applications
Description :
The purpose of PC/SC Lite is to provide a Windows(R) SCard interface
in a very small form factor for communicating to smartcards and
readers. PC/SC Lite uses the same winscard API as used under
Windows(R). This package includes the PC/SC Lite daemon, a resource
manager that coordinates communications with smart card readers and
smart cards that are connected to the system, as well as other command
line tools.
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Update Information:
This update disables the automatic card power down feature that was causing regressions
with certain smart card readers.
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ChangeLog:
* Thu Sep 15 2011 Kalev Lember <kalevlember(a)gmail.com> - 1.7.2-4
- Really apply the patch to disable automatic card power down (#737988)
* Sat Jul 2 2011 Kalev Lember <kalev(a)smartlink.ee> - 1.7.2-3
- Sleep before trying to poll again in case of an error (#718375)
* Wed May 25 2011 Kalev Lember <kalev(a)smartlink.ee> - 1.7.2-2
- Don't fill log files with repeating messages (#657658, #707412)
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #737988 - pcsc-lite auto power down patch not applied
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737988
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update pcsc-lite' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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