For example, if you are looking for an updated RPM package for Mandrake 6.0, check: updates/6.0/RPMS/
For more recent updates, we give the md5 sum. It lets you check the integrity of the downloaded package by running the md5sum command on the package.
Netscape Communicator
Netscape Communicator 4.6 appears to be very unstable for many users. Please upgrade to 4.61stable if your experience such instability problems.
Command line for upgrading:
rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps netscape-common-4.61stable-1mdk.i586.rpm
rpm -Uvh netscape-communicator-4.61stable-1mdk.i586.rpm
SECURITY UPDATE: kernel 2.2.9
2.2.x kernel are all affected by a networking security bug. Please do not use your machine in a network environment until you update with our new kernel.
Command line for upgrading:
rpm -ivh kernel-2.2.9-27mdk.i586.rpm
Important note: please don't forget to modify /etc/lilo.conf after upgrading, and re-run /sbin/lilo.
Scsi users: please regenerate the initrd image with the command "mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.2.9-27mdk.img 2.2.9-27mdk"
umount problem at shutdown time
Some users can experience a "busy partition" message at shutdown time.
Solution: upgrade to initscripts-4.16-30mdk.i586.rpm and to kernel-2.2.9-27mdk.i586.rpm. An updated initscripts package is also available:
rpm -Uvh initscripts-4.16-30mdk.i586.rpm
rpm -ivh kernel-2.2.9-27mdk.i586.rpm
Note: if you run in level 5, don't forget to set it again in /etc/inittab [just replace id:3:initdefault: by id:5:initdefault:] after initscripts upgrading!
sox problems
Some users can experience some problems with sox.
Please test: sox-12.15-7mdk.i586.rpm
lilo
Some problems have been found when using LILO on SMP (multi-processors) machines. Please upgrade to: lilo-0.21-6mdk.i586.rpm
utemper
If you use this package, please upgrade to utempter-0.5-3mdk.i586.rpm, which should solve the hanging processes problem.
libIDL programs compilation problems
Please upgrade to:
ORBit-0.4.3-3mdk.i586.rpm
ORBit-devel-0.4.3-3mdk.i586.rpm
esound problems
Please upgrade to:
audiofile-0.1.7-4mdk.i586.rpm
audiofile-devel-0.1.7-4mdk.i586.rpm
esound-0.2.12-4mdk.i586.rpm
esound-devel-0.2.12-4mdk.i586.rpm
gperf not working
Please upgrade to: gperf-2.7-8mdk.i586.rpm
problems with installation disks
We have put new boot images (boot.img, boot-ol.img, boot-ne.img, boot-ee.img, bootnet.img, pcmcia.img) in updates/6.0/images/.
gnopad+ problems
Please upgrade to: gnotepad+-1.1.3-3mdk.i586.rpm
corrupted tetex-afm package
Unhappily, some CD contain a corrupted tetex-afm package. If you can't use LaTeX (or cannot print/print preview in KLyX) please install: tetex-afm-0.9-9mdk.i586.rpm from updates/.
June, 25 1999 SECURITY UPDATE: screensavers from kdebase
Upgrade to kdebase-1.1.1final-11mdk.i586.rpm
June, 25 1999 SECURITY UPDATE: net-tools
Upgrade to our new net-tools package which fixes potentional bufer overruns. This package also contains a patch for ESP and GRE protocols recognition in VPN masquerade. Upgrade to net-tools-1.52-6mdk.i586.rpm
July, 5 1999 bug in printtool package
Unhappily, some users may experience some problems with printtol (missing printers). Please upgrade to: printtool-3.40-6mdk.noarch.rpm
July, 19 1999 PPP problem
The "ifdown" script was not working. Upgrade to ppp-2.3.8-1mdk.i586.rpm
July, 23 1999 SECURITY UPDATE: samba
Several security holes have been discovered in the latest release of Samba. Please upgrade to samba-2.0.5a-1mdk.i586.rpm
July, 26 1999 KPPP (Internet dialer) problem
Upgrade to kdenetwork-1.1.1final-7mdk.i586.rpm
July, 27 1999 SECURITY UPDATE: Apache (Squid-related problem)
Squid was installing an HTML administration cgi in /cgi-bin, giving world access. It is moved in /protected-cgi-bin/, restricting access only to localhost.
Upgrade to:
aa9efede7a46d7283678aca76469fe88 apache-1.3.6-28mdk.i586.rpm
d1801c972d30363d4227f9dab024e208 squid-2.2.STABLE4-2mdk.i586.rpm
d071c9f6bcaefd7e2b15c0a6a58116d0 apache-1.3.6-28mdk.src.rpm
257f93c080150cff71c10b22120190e9 apache-devel-1.3.6-28mdk.i586.rpm
3ea35a4d5e915f4be20217bd07d2703a squid-2.2.STABLE4-2mdk.src.rpm
July, 27 1999 Initscripts
IP aliases were not working correctly because ifup-aliases was looking for a previous version of libncurses.
Upgrade to:
3813c9839c202f4858226225ae635791 initscripts-4.16-31mdk.i586.rpm
304048ccf7d379cef3d94271131ad426 initscripts-4.16-31mdk.src.rpm
July, 27 1999 Xconfigurator
The french-canadian keyboard in X was incorrectly configured as an azerty keyboard.
Upgrade to:
6bc7286956dd31bf3cea899fd20c4df6 Xconfigurator-4.2.3-4mdk.i586.rpm
4a0861e6ae5eaf6551a43f1adfc3fc01 Xconfigurator-4.2.3-4mdk.src.rpm
August, 17 1999 SECURITY UPDATE: isdn4utils
xmonisdn as distributed in the isndutils package from Mandrake 6.0 has a security problem.
Upgrade to:
4109ff6f46614bfba6eb5b41651eea56 isdn4k-utils-3.0-4mdk.i586.rpm
90a263b047adbb52b937546c5571c780 isdn4k-utils-3.0-4mdk.src.rpm
August, 25 1999 SECURITY UPDATE: wu-ftpd
the wu-ftpd deamon as distributed in the wu-ftpd package from Mandrake 6.0 has a security problem.
Upgrade to:
5815bc15ccd634af168f969cf1478baa wu-ftpd-2.5.0-2mdk.i586.rpm
3e3128b71b94195989fb76f98510a02f wu-ftpd-2.5.0-2mdk.src.rpm
August, 25 1999 SECURITY UPDATE: BeroFTPD
the BeroFTPD deamon as distributed in the BeroFTPD package from Mandrake 6.0 has a security problem.
Upgrade to:
8a57ca15bd7010eb59e15ca236fa62ae BeroFTPD-1.3.4-2mdk.i586.rpm
501e1842d6d60d3e6a13bbf3b57b1d14 BeroFTPD-1.3.4-2mdk.src.rpm
August, 25 1999 SECURITY UPDATE: lynx
lynx as distributed in the lynx package from Mandrake 6.0 has a security problem.
Upgrade to:
a092b77d8a7ad735475bd8432e450545 lynx-2.8.3dev.6-3mdk.i586.rpm
a7c2ee688950450210149dc8ad36c970 lynx-2.8.3dev.6-3mdk.src.rpm
September, 02 1999 SECURITY UPDATE: vixie-cron
There is a possible exploit in MAILTO -C command and buffer overflow vulnerability.
Upgrade to:
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e vixie-cron-3.0.1-38mdk.i586.rpm
f39e68d26be775971ac20faac2690607 vixie-cron-3.0.1-38mdk.src.rpm
September, 03 1999 SECURITY UPDATE: am-utils
There is a potential buffer overflow / remote exploit in the am-utils package. Please upgrade to :
f153130e30b21dd17b5d67e6abe13809 am-utils-6.0.1s11-1mdk.i586.rpm
7cf7b619b58c7f7e060812712532dbbc am-utils-6.0.1s11-1mdk.src.rpm
September, 28 1999 SECURITY UPDATE: gnomehack
An exploit (buffer overflow attack) has been found in this package. Please upgrade to :
b5171745e7db67bfeb63bdbb4b0874c5 gnomehack-1.0.1-7mdk.i586.rpm
552088a2b2224733ce4385576b6b9c83 gnomehack-1.0.1-7mdk.src.rpm
MANDRAKE 6.1 UPDATES
October 2nd, 1999 MandrakeUpdate
This update is for internationalization purposes: modified English
text in the sources, descriptons in other languages than English
will now display correctly. Upgrade to:
fe63cf56d6c2da5219dd1dd66a99833c MandrakeUpdate-6.1-3mdk.i586.rpm
116b2632f2d790516b8d598c5edf533e MandrakeUpdate-6.1-3mdk.src.rpm
October 2nd, 1999 screen
This package fixes the bug with screen not parsing its arguments.
Upgrade to:
c08e3450d926f01de3d32ec0ea69f243 screen-3.9.4-2mdk.i586.rpm
fd178cac0db2d58080ee52037435efbd screen-3.9.4-2mdk.src.rpm
October 2nd, 1999 xpdf
This package fixes the numerous bug reports of xpdf hanging the
machine when viewing some special PDF files.
Upgrade to:
1611e439d7855e7ca2a10c2f720c8256 xpdf-0.90-2mdk.i586.rpm
78b44f853d976a6553b197a9db4ea3f2 xpdf-0.90-2mdk.src.rpm
October 2nd, 1999 gnuplot
If you use GNUplot, you will need this upgrade: it fixes the problem of corrupted Postcript output generation. Upgrade to:
fe582b20fc6fc53bf4085c696b314370 gnuplot-3.7.0.1-3mdk.i586.rpm
646f323896450a0080659c4cd16c449c gnuplot-3.7.0.1-3mdk.src.rpm
October 2nd, 1999 mount
This update fixes the problem with mounting FAT filesystems: mount should not ask you to specify the filesystem type anymore. Upgrade to:
02eedc11731deea3214403d8cc714528 mount-2.9w-3mdk.i586.rpm
4cd42a259b6ac397dd647203ff924413 util-linux-2.9w-3mdk.src.rpm
All the updated packages are in the 
