- Issued:
- 2007-11-07
- Updated:
- 2007-11-07
RHBA-2007:0663 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
initscripts and hotplug bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
New initscripts packages that fix various bugs and add various enhancements
are now available.
Description
The initscripts package contains the basic system scripts used to boot your
Red Hat system, change runlevels, and shut the system down cleanly.
Initscripts also contains the scripts that activate and de-activate most
network interfaces.
Bug fixes included in this updated package include:
- a logic error in install_bonding_driver.
- 'primary' was set too early for bonding devices.
- the network was shutdown in kexec.
As well, the following features were added:
- support for VLAN_PLUS_VID_NO_PAD vlans.
- init script for netconsole.
Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues
and add these enhancements.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
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 - 223932 - /etc/init.d/halt uses of kexec shuts down the network too soon
- BZ - 236897 - The primary parameter of BONDING_OPTS is not reflected.
- BZ - 251172 - netconsole script does not correctly handle status when unconfigured
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 78b42d5f6b914cc78fdb0cee61b5e148fad1e1620d2f2195fd817f7a8379b93a |
x86_64 | |
initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 67e8de3b8ac15a12ec25226d98c389f9e834b1b0a2812f5a16b18655f86a60fa |
ia64 | |
initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: e3cf46e85f9d04ba888837259377398b2f543063bf6594fdd2b9138afb674baa |
i386 | |
initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 21b750e1b2e083d1280420567eb2b35c4918ae4769f4ee277a8463956e13a1a2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 78b42d5f6b914cc78fdb0cee61b5e148fad1e1620d2f2195fd817f7a8379b93a |
x86_64 | |
initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 67e8de3b8ac15a12ec25226d98c389f9e834b1b0a2812f5a16b18655f86a60fa |
i386 | |
initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 21b750e1b2e083d1280420567eb2b35c4918ae4769f4ee277a8463956e13a1a2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 78b42d5f6b914cc78fdb0cee61b5e148fad1e1620d2f2195fd817f7a8379b93a |
x86_64 | |
initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 67e8de3b8ac15a12ec25226d98c389f9e834b1b0a2812f5a16b18655f86a60fa |
i386 | |
initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 21b750e1b2e083d1280420567eb2b35c4918ae4769f4ee277a8463956e13a1a2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 78b42d5f6b914cc78fdb0cee61b5e148fad1e1620d2f2195fd817f7a8379b93a |
s390x | |
initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 3467a0c46acaf50f36b8ec0578047f21e470f03d4e68eac4c4bbb6e3f30c9b49 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 78b42d5f6b914cc78fdb0cee61b5e148fad1e1620d2f2195fd817f7a8379b93a |
ppc | |
initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 3dc7c8447a91d89503309aaa495b8cd0e0170685e51e39ec5e87bccd23b73583 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 78b42d5f6b914cc78fdb0cee61b5e148fad1e1620d2f2195fd817f7a8379b93a |
x86_64 | |
initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 67e8de3b8ac15a12ec25226d98c389f9e834b1b0a2812f5a16b18655f86a60fa |
i386 | |
initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 21b750e1b2e083d1280420567eb2b35c4918ae4769f4ee277a8463956e13a1a2 |
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