Fedora 18 Update: nss-softokn-3.14-5.fc18

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-17351
2012-10-31 18:01:13
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Name        : nss-softokn
Product     : Fedora 18
Version     : 3.14
Release     : 5.fc18
URL         : http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/
Summary     : Network Security Services Softoken Module
Description :
Network Security Services Softoken Cryptographic Module

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Update Information:

Update to nss-3.14.

The release notes are at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS/NSS_3.14_release_notes

Please update the entire set at once to prevent conflicts.

As part of the nss-3.14 upstream work some headers moved to their rightful places. This change had the effect in fedora, where nss is split into mutiple packages, of some headers moving from one devel rpm to another. Those file ownership "swaps" could result in updates conflicts if one updates the packages separately. For example, trying to install nss-util-devel first will result in an update conflict with nss-softokn-devel. Another header moved from nss-softokn-devel to nss-devel. Testing shows that such conflicts do not occur when updating the full set as a whole.

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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #806588 - Disable SSL PKCS #11 bypass at build time
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=806588
  [ 2 ] Bug #871882 - missing header: sechash.h in nss 3.14
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871882
  [ 3 ] Bug #872124 - nss 3.14 breaks fedpkg new-sources
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=872124
  [ 4 ] Bug #870864 - Add support in NSS for Secure Boot
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=870864
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update nss-softokn' 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
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