Fedora 18 Update: util-linux-2.22-1.fc18

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-13515
2012-09-07 19:28:04
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Name        : util-linux
Product     : Fedora 18
Version     : 2.22
Release     : 1.fc18
URL         : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Util-linux
Summary     : A collection of basic system utilities
Description :
The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system
utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among
others, Util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login
program.

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Update Information:

- minor bugfixes
- upgrade to stable upstream
- retire eject package
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #853164 - setuid program should have full RELRO
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853164
  [ 2 ] Bug #851230 - [abrt] util-linux-2.21.2-2.fc17: probe_ntfs: Process /usr/sbin/blkid was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851230
  [ 3 ] Bug #850965 - /usr/sbin/fsck triggers automounts, which easily cause deadlocks
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=850965
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update util-linux' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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