- Issued:
- 2008-05-21
- Updated:
- 2008-05-21
RHBA-2008:0466 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
libhugetlbfs bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated libhugetlbfs packages that fix several bugs and add enhancements
are now available.
Description
The libhugetlbfs library interacts with the Linux Huge TLB file system, to
make large pages available to applications in a transparent manner.
The libhugetlbfs base package was only available for 64-bit architectures.
This caused problems during upgrades on 32-bit architectures, as the 32-bit
base package was unable to obsolete the libhugetlbfs-lib package, which is
no longer needed. When upgrading a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system, an
error such as "Error: libhugetlbfs conflicts with libhugetlbfs-lib < 1.2"
may have occurred. In these updated packages, a 32-bit base package is
added, which resolves this issue.
As well, these updated packages upgrade libhugetlbfs to version 1.2. For a
full list of bug fixes and enhancements, please refer to the libhugetlbfs
1.2 release announcement on SourceForge.net:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=20070905000135.
GA2894%40us.ibm.com
Users of libhugetlbfs are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which resolve these issues and add these enhancements.
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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- 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 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 - 432799 - Error: libhugetlbfs conflicts with libhugetlbfs-lib < 1.2
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: eb5ac8dafdc50c98bde38c3b73d2d48e1f2bcd94776883f60c2b6ca9d75ed8ab |
x86_64 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6d36a725234c91f33a21652b9bc753d84f29f6b550cf9fc34acf140dd9e6160f |
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1a1f289efca0bd80720de4937214d7e82862f36cd42f97f20a66ec44fc2419b0 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.2-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4e36c8030346bf4bf5656b707310afdb28cac436cb115e545550a9256c0b70a4 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.2-5.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 41152a2727b9c855a712ec149e7ea28857cf4eeb70788e0399d5f9ff1cbe1be1 |
i386 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6d36a725234c91f33a21652b9bc753d84f29f6b550cf9fc34acf140dd9e6160f |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.2-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4e36c8030346bf4bf5656b707310afdb28cac436cb115e545550a9256c0b70a4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: eb5ac8dafdc50c98bde38c3b73d2d48e1f2bcd94776883f60c2b6ca9d75ed8ab |
x86_64 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6d36a725234c91f33a21652b9bc753d84f29f6b550cf9fc34acf140dd9e6160f |
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1a1f289efca0bd80720de4937214d7e82862f36cd42f97f20a66ec44fc2419b0 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.2-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4e36c8030346bf4bf5656b707310afdb28cac436cb115e545550a9256c0b70a4 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.2-5.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 41152a2727b9c855a712ec149e7ea28857cf4eeb70788e0399d5f9ff1cbe1be1 |
i386 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6d36a725234c91f33a21652b9bc753d84f29f6b550cf9fc34acf140dd9e6160f |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.2-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4e36c8030346bf4bf5656b707310afdb28cac436cb115e545550a9256c0b70a4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: eb5ac8dafdc50c98bde38c3b73d2d48e1f2bcd94776883f60c2b6ca9d75ed8ab |
x86_64 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6d36a725234c91f33a21652b9bc753d84f29f6b550cf9fc34acf140dd9e6160f |
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1a1f289efca0bd80720de4937214d7e82862f36cd42f97f20a66ec44fc2419b0 |
i386 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6d36a725234c91f33a21652b9bc753d84f29f6b550cf9fc34acf140dd9e6160f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: eb5ac8dafdc50c98bde38c3b73d2d48e1f2bcd94776883f60c2b6ca9d75ed8ab |
ppc | |
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: f4ef29607e80812d1b52844ef0cb04b5d7e3f4706f912b72f693257ddc5d2ad9 |
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: d3dd0cf4aaa6445524cb7dba6e999344eed621dc90bc87dfee997b7a4e8efa93 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.2-5.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 3a2c8f5e736d6c3009c632932f1baddf67b7758e5f2df45f96c100052f8580d6 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.2-5.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: c48509a35579b6ae376e34621f18423b50542bb60d66bfa7e02bf0647630fe62 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: eb5ac8dafdc50c98bde38c3b73d2d48e1f2bcd94776883f60c2b6ca9d75ed8ab |
x86_64 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6d36a725234c91f33a21652b9bc753d84f29f6b550cf9fc34acf140dd9e6160f |
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1a1f289efca0bd80720de4937214d7e82862f36cd42f97f20a66ec44fc2419b0 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.2-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4e36c8030346bf4bf5656b707310afdb28cac436cb115e545550a9256c0b70a4 |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.2-5.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 41152a2727b9c855a712ec149e7ea28857cf4eeb70788e0399d5f9ff1cbe1be1 |
i386 | |
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6d36a725234c91f33a21652b9bc753d84f29f6b550cf9fc34acf140dd9e6160f |
libhugetlbfs-devel-1.2-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4e36c8030346bf4bf5656b707310afdb28cac436cb115e545550a9256c0b70a4 |
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