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Fedora Core 5 liboil-0.3.8-1 Critical CPU Optimization Advisory

This update rebases liboil to 0.3.8 to help resolve issues required by packages in Fedora Extras.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2006-229 2006-04-06 ---------------------------------------------------------------------Product : Fedora Core 5 Name : liboil Version : 0.3.8 Release : 1.fc5 Summary : Library of Optimized Inner Loops, CPU optimized functions Description : Liboil is a library of simple functions that are optimized for various CPUs. These functions are generally loops implementing simple algorithms, such as converting an array of N integers to floating-poing numbers or multiplying and summing an array of N numbers. Clearly such functions are candidates for significant optimization using various techniques, especially by using extended instructions provided by modern CPUs (Altivec, MMX, SSE, etc.). ---------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: This update rebases liboil to 0.3.8 to help resolve issues required by packages in Fedora Extras. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* Mon Mar 27 2006 Ray Strode 0.3.8-1.fc5 - Update to 0.3.8 (bug 186930) * Tue Mar 21 2006 Matthias Saou 0.3.7.1-1 - Update to today's CVS code which should fix the PPC build issue. - Include new oil-bugreport tool in the devel package. * Mon Mar 6 2006 Matthias Saou 0.3.7-3 - FC5 rebuild (well, try at least since PPC fixes are required). ---------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be downloaded from: 4117df71362a0e8e009b36f7e6bfbad446488db8 SRPMS/liboil-0.3.8-1.fc5.src.rpm 1246be7b809b1add2ae981d2260a62b44a8fb549 ppc/liboil-0.3.8-1.fc5.ppc.rpm 24558d6142f85506d1830a4013ec6c87f19a8751 ppc/liboil-devel-0.3.8-1.fc5.ppc.rpm 6886487d492e25a8c6a58e24f886056c77285224 ppc/debug/liboil-debuginfo-0.3.8-1.fc5.ppc.rpm 08aa5e0bed63380504ca0bbe08bd69363699878a x86_64/liboil-0.3.8-1.fc5.x86_64.rpm f583de1c5310013955aac5a3845cd35372c9c7f3 x86_64/liboil-devel-0.3.8-1.fc5.x86_64.rpm 5710b67e1c0f666d10a6530186ef636dc1d18f87 x86_64/debug/liboil-debuginfo-0.3.8-1.fc5.x86_64.rpm 598dd54800a54692c55ea9c8fe31a8913cf3bf08 i386/liboil-0.3.8-1.fc5.i386.rpm 27c683b263a2807c99f495eb1396315283bc9666 i386/liboil-devel-0.3.8-1.fc5.i386.rpm a9c520242ed392426b7bfd39c3897fe8aecd9dcc i386/debug/liboil-debuginfo-0.3.8-1.fc5.i386.rpm This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing Software with yum,' available at . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- fedora-announce-list mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Enhance liboil to resolve issues within Fedora Extras packages, improving efficiency and optimizing CPU functionalities.. liboil update,Fedora Software,Optimized Library,Performance Enhancement. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 06, 2006 •Critical Fedora