Discovered my bug in bugzilla many places (8554, 6970, 8227, 8080, 8147, 8441, 7769, etc.). All claim to be corrected, and in some cases are cross-linked within bugzilla. BUT, I painstakingly searched the errata/bug fix RPM descriptions, and found none of the above bugs referenced as being fixed. And it is not obvious from the name of any of the bug fix RPMs which would apply. I spent hours downloading the lot, and trying to get them to install, only to find that the dependencies got me. The install order is not definitized in the generic rpm instructions given: rpm -Uvh filename When you get a service pack for a windows product from M$, it comes with the install sequence, so that the dependencies are accounted for. For large numbers of files it is important to provide the order. Your automatic software installer script/software knows the order, but the barefoot sysadmin (human) trying to pump the system up with a fix doesn't, necessarily. 1) Recommend a highly visible link from each bug (on the bug description page in bugzilla) which is claimed to be fixed pointing to the fixing package(s). 2) Recommend inclusion of sequence and dependency text with each RPM set which is available as a fix. Or better yet, a "fix" RPM which includes all the files in appropriate sequence to implement a fix. Not unlike we used to do with patches. There is something to be said for having a package which completely fixes a problem - sort of one stop shopping. Extra work on the part of one person putting the package together, much less work on the part of tens of thousands who want their systems to work. I don't like to be critical - I am an admirer of Red Hat. But I have been using various Linux distributions from Yggdrasil, Slackware, SuSe and Red Hat for many years. This is the first time I have ever experienced so much difficulty trying to get X up. I know, given this particular problem, the responsibilities stretch from the X guys, to the XFree86 folks, to RH. You are just the last node on the food chain, and I paid my $29.95 to you for your package, which I have been struggling to get up, not the X guys or the XFree guys. Respectfully, Gene Montgomery genepaul
Well, with Bugzilla now having a "fixed in version ..." field, should this be closed?
The "Fixed in version" field should provide the package versions now.