Bug Fix Advisory python-virtinst bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2008:0026-5
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-01-07
Last updated on: 2008-01-07
Affected Products: RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated python-virtinst package that fixes a bug is now available.

The python-virtinst package contains virtinst, a module to help start
installations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Fedora inside a virtual
machine. It supports para-virtualized and fully-virtualized guests. As
well, the python-virtinst package contains a script, virt-install, which
uses virtinst in a command line mode.

When querying the top-level directory, the Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite
kickstart trees do not serve a valid "HTTP 200 OK" response. This broke
the "virt-install" and "virt-manager" tools, which check if the top-level
directory is valid before starting the installation process.

In the previous python-virtinst package, an "Invalid install location"
error occurred when attempting to perform a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5
guest installation, which used a kickstart tree on an RHN Satellite Server.
In this updated package, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 guests can be
installed using kickstart trees on RHN Satellite Servers.

All users of python-virtinst are advised to upgrade to this updated
package, which resolves this issue.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

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

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5_1.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0371
    38b27a2ec54ed010d2d3de50996d9e8d
 
IA-32:
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5_1.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0371
    121ca9d77860fdde01be1a3a49641e9d
 
x86_64:
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5_1.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0371
    121ca9d77860fdde01be1a3a49641e9d
 
RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5_1.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0371
    38b27a2ec54ed010d2d3de50996d9e8d
 
IA-32:
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5_1.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0371
    121ca9d77860fdde01be1a3a49641e9d
 
IA-64:
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5_1.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0371
    121ca9d77860fdde01be1a3a49641e9d
 
x86_64:
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5_1.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2008:0371
    121ca9d77860fdde01be1a3a49641e9d
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

412061 - virt-install cannot install from tree provided by Satellite server



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