Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1190713
rebase xz to stable version xz-5.2.2
Last modified: 2016-11-03 20:20:42 EDT
In RHEL 7, we have an alpha version xz-5.1.2alpha. Upstream released xz-5.2.0 (stable) in December 2014. I've done exactly this update in Fedora recently and there seem to be no issues so far (see the bug #1023718 for more info, abi compatibility analysis, etc). Probably we could rebase xz also in RHEL7, there have been quite a few bugs fixed and new features added. Without big risk, RHEL7 could benefit from having stable (non pre-release) version of xz.
http://www.mail-archive.com/xz-devel@tukaani.org/msg00226.html
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2016-2198.html