Fedora 12 Update: python-ethtool-0.5-1.fc12

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2010-12400
2010-08-10 21:09:49
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Name        : python-ethtool
Product     : Fedora 12
Version     : 0.5
Release     : 1.fc12
URL         : http://fedorapeople.org/gitweb?p=dsommers/public_git/python-ethtool.git;a=summary
Summary     : Ethernet settings python bindings
Description :
Python bindings for the ethtool kernel interface, that allows querying and
changing of Ethernet card settings, such as speed, port, auto-negotiation, and
PCI locations.

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Update Information:

Updated python-ethtool version with basic IPv6 support to retrieve IPv6
information.  An double free error was found in v0.4, so that version was
revoked.  This new update (v0.5) fixes that issue in addition to the new IPv6
feature introduced in v0.4.   Updated python-ethtool version with basic IPv6
support to retrieve IPv6 information.
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Aug  9 2010 David Sommerseth <davids at redhat.com> - 0.5-1
- Fixed double free issue (commit c52ed2cbdc5b851ebc7b)
* Wed Apr 28 2010 David Sommerseth <davids at redhat.com> - 0.4-1
- David Sommerseth is now taking over the maintenance of python-ethtool
- New URLs for upstream source code
- Added new API: ethtool.get_interfaces_info() - returns list of etherinfo objects
- Added support retrieving for IPv6 address, using etherinfo::get_ipv6_addresses()
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update python-ethtool' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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