- Issued:
- 2007-11-07
- Updated:
- 2007-11-07
RHBA-2007:0598 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
parted bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated parted packages that fix various bugs are now available.
Description
The GNU Parted program allows you to create, destroy, resize, move, and
copy hard disk partitions. Parted can be used for creating space for new
operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, and copying data to new hard
disks.
Bugs fixed in these updated packages include:
- man page update indicating that GPT disk labels can have names as well as
DOS and Mac disk labels.
- preserve the starting sector of the first primary partition on a Windows
Vista system to keep the boot loader functional.
- do not translate partition label names in the 'parted print' command so
it works for languages other than en_US.UTF-8.
- correctly identify Xen block devices as 'Xen virtual block device' rather
than 'Unknown'.
- existing partitions on s390x systems are correctly identified and not
assumed to be LVM.
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated parted packages, which
resolve these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
Users are advised to upgrade to (this, these) updated <package name>
(package, packages), which resolve (this, these) (issue, issues).
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 221600 - GPT can have names as well
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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parted-1.8.1-12.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: f9efaad0af098e6f9a76d8c0e081e62b53e07e044d2e28c18e79d6b1c492ae81 |
x86_64 | |
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 45d5b716aa5656771ce8497abe08e27975e8c06a150bd7811514d6b493a6ffd8 |
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4f22931429294cc92823f0f9b864e9bcc843522688649ee3d8c321694c6f5561 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-12.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1b929ece788dd055356865b9623affc9962f004c10dfb07e8ed7b425620e8f24 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-12.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 0357f858f6dac0fa314220c60539c6b507f7c658f91b08db784d1b50b2eb8302 |
ia64 | |
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: a5ec4d890564071aff75bf35eaeebe7ff1d242d910e91dc2eb9fd9552f6d361d |
parted-devel-1.8.1-12.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: d6d2eac3df49a004b38eba6f515ee072a6b24ab5d3e2bcac25470d993f56cc39 |
i386 | |
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 45d5b716aa5656771ce8497abe08e27975e8c06a150bd7811514d6b493a6ffd8 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-12.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1b929ece788dd055356865b9623affc9962f004c10dfb07e8ed7b425620e8f24 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: f9efaad0af098e6f9a76d8c0e081e62b53e07e044d2e28c18e79d6b1c492ae81 |
x86_64 | |
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 45d5b716aa5656771ce8497abe08e27975e8c06a150bd7811514d6b493a6ffd8 |
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4f22931429294cc92823f0f9b864e9bcc843522688649ee3d8c321694c6f5561 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-12.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1b929ece788dd055356865b9623affc9962f004c10dfb07e8ed7b425620e8f24 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-12.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 0357f858f6dac0fa314220c60539c6b507f7c658f91b08db784d1b50b2eb8302 |
i386 | |
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 45d5b716aa5656771ce8497abe08e27975e8c06a150bd7811514d6b493a6ffd8 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-12.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1b929ece788dd055356865b9623affc9962f004c10dfb07e8ed7b425620e8f24 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: f9efaad0af098e6f9a76d8c0e081e62b53e07e044d2e28c18e79d6b1c492ae81 |
x86_64 | |
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 45d5b716aa5656771ce8497abe08e27975e8c06a150bd7811514d6b493a6ffd8 |
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4f22931429294cc92823f0f9b864e9bcc843522688649ee3d8c321694c6f5561 |
i386 | |
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 45d5b716aa5656771ce8497abe08e27975e8c06a150bd7811514d6b493a6ffd8 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: f9efaad0af098e6f9a76d8c0e081e62b53e07e044d2e28c18e79d6b1c492ae81 |
s390x | |
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: cd8d628db4def19ba0359986f2d96e1bfe5ec7ddf409ec2881b1c64f09d96f6a |
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c5e3d7731818fb4f00e2e14ec01cec1ee4511c8a8d779d10e7d22836edacfece |
parted-devel-1.8.1-12.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 65479f0009ad3c2372d5c1d23a56c8c63dd0fa1fa503eb629292751fa3f9b394 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-12.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 81bc8cf1991f16b0aceb0af7ee393454cdd4bc71207257370c2bd547a055e487 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: f9efaad0af098e6f9a76d8c0e081e62b53e07e044d2e28c18e79d6b1c492ae81 |
ppc | |
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 23fa43f4158cac43325bacf5797c2992a163dc4c876c2f3f9df36cc395b91aa5 |
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: c6216d0e19f5b699eca646ed9718576e9a4b5c75b2dbd5d0064096d59ab9cbe7 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-12.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 1384b434503ec7a64c4315e14733460331e1de58848611e361f5426e00ed772c |
parted-devel-1.8.1-12.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 7fa1b1096fbf1408ff26bed3ee1bf0871e1fca063d986ca0f8c160d82905e0b7 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: f9efaad0af098e6f9a76d8c0e081e62b53e07e044d2e28c18e79d6b1c492ae81 |
x86_64 | |
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 45d5b716aa5656771ce8497abe08e27975e8c06a150bd7811514d6b493a6ffd8 |
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4f22931429294cc92823f0f9b864e9bcc843522688649ee3d8c321694c6f5561 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-12.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1b929ece788dd055356865b9623affc9962f004c10dfb07e8ed7b425620e8f24 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-12.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 0357f858f6dac0fa314220c60539c6b507f7c658f91b08db784d1b50b2eb8302 |
i386 | |
parted-1.8.1-12.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 45d5b716aa5656771ce8497abe08e27975e8c06a150bd7811514d6b493a6ffd8 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-12.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1b929ece788dd055356865b9623affc9962f004c10dfb07e8ed7b425620e8f24 |
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