USN-248-2: unzip regression fix

15 February 2006

unzip regression fix

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USN-248-1 fixed a vulnerability in unzip. However, that update
inadvertedly changed the field order in the contents listing output,
which broke unzip frontends like file-roller. The updated packages fix
this regression.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 5.10
  • unzip -
Ubuntu 5.04
  • unzip -
Ubuntu 4.10
  • unzip -

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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