Fedora 16 Update: grid-packaging-tools-3.5-2.fc16

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-0323
2012-01-11 05:17:14
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Name        : grid-packaging-tools
Product     : Fedora 16
Version     : 3.5
Release     : 2.fc16
URL         : http://www.gridpackagingtools.com/
Summary     : Grid Packaging Tools (GPT)
Description :
GPT is a collection of packaging tools built around an XML based
packaging data format. This format provides a straight forward way to
define complex dependency and compatibility relationships between
packages. The tools provide a means for developers to easily define the
packaging data and include it as part of their source code distribution.
Binary packages can be automatically generated from this data. The
packages defined by GPT are compatible with other packages and can be
easily converted.

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Update Information:

Update to Globus Toolkit 5.2

Many of the changes implemented by upstream in this release, such as the removal of the flavour tags in the library names and the support for standard installation paths, were already present in the Fedora packages of earlier releases using patches. This update is backwards compatible and does not introduce any soname bumps.

The most important change is the handling of threads. In earlier releases the threading model was chosen at compilation time, and the model used by the libraries in Fedora and EPEL was using pthreads. In this release the threading model is instead chosen at runime, either by using API calls or by setting environment variables. The default model in the new release is the forking model, but also the pthread model is available.

In order to preserve the behaviour of applications linked to previous versions, versioned symbols have been introduced so that the new libraries will switch to the pthread threading model automatically when used by applications that were linked to earlier versions.

Upstream's release notes are available here:
http://www.globus.org/toolkit/docs/5.2/5.2.0/rn/
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Jan 23 2012 Mattias Ellert <mattias.ellert at fysast.uu.se> - 3.5-2
- Portability fixes
* Tue Dec 13 2011 Mattias Ellert <mattias.ellert at fysast.uu.se> - 3.5-1
- Update to version 3.5
- Drop patches implemented upstream
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update grid-packaging-tools' 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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