An updated rhn-applet package that fixes various bugs is now available.
The rhn-applet package contains a panel applet that indicates when updated
Red Hat Enterprise Linux packages are available.
This updated package fixes the following bugs:
* if an end-user re-registered the client to use a different Red Hat
Satellite Server, the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhn-applet would not change to
reflect the details of the new server, causing incorrect update details to
be shown. The version of the applet provided with this advisory associates
a cache of updates with a server url, and therefore ensures that the
updates displayed to the user are actually available. This version can also
detect when its configuration file has changed. If such a change is
detected, the applet will automatically reload the configuration variables,
create new server connections, and obtain a fresh list of available
packages. (BZ#452919, BZ#487660)
* because rhn-applet assumed the existence of an applet cache file, a
harmless exception would be thrown if no cache was found. This updated
package checks for cache existence, and the message no longer presents.
(BZ#490894)
* debug statements were causing an exception when directories were used as
sources. This has been corrected, and the exception no longer presents.
(BZ#493975)
* a number of corrupted PNG images were included in the doc directory.
These have been replaced. (BZ#452976)
Users of Red Hat Satellite Server should upgrade to this updated package.
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/docs/DOC-11259
| Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) |
|
| SRPMS: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.src.rpm |
b839027de94799a9c7ae0d35380cdcbe |
| |
| IA-32: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.i386.rpm |
a19e140419210ef71fac8c6c1eddf7b2 |
| |
| x86_64: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.x86_64.rpm |
5da79bad871a05034c066abc8030f8a3 |
| |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) |
|
| SRPMS: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.src.rpm |
b839027de94799a9c7ae0d35380cdcbe |
| |
| IA-32: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.i386.rpm |
a19e140419210ef71fac8c6c1eddf7b2 |
| |
| IA-64: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.ia64.rpm |
7982abfd46fe7976f889453563642629 |
| |
| PPC: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.ppc.rpm |
2070e302c7cdb75e723ee42070325ef6 |
| |
| s390: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.s390.rpm |
576ffa6cacb0c460913070d15a3ff032 |
| |
| s390x: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.s390x.rpm |
d224f244a6a10562be7d353ce5f5b238 |
| |
| x86_64: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.x86_64.rpm |
5da79bad871a05034c066abc8030f8a3 |
| |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) |
|
| SRPMS: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.src.rpm |
b839027de94799a9c7ae0d35380cdcbe |
| |
| IA-32: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.i386.rpm |
a19e140419210ef71fac8c6c1eddf7b2 |
| |
| IA-64: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.ia64.rpm |
7982abfd46fe7976f889453563642629 |
| |
| x86_64: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.x86_64.rpm |
5da79bad871a05034c066abc8030f8a3 |
| |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4) |
|
| SRPMS: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.src.rpm |
b839027de94799a9c7ae0d35380cdcbe |
| |
| IA-32: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.i386.rpm |
a19e140419210ef71fac8c6c1eddf7b2 |
| |
| IA-64: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.ia64.rpm |
7982abfd46fe7976f889453563642629 |
| |
| x86_64: |
| rhn-applet-2.1.29-4.el4.x86_64.rpm |
5da79bad871a05034c066abc8030f8a3 |
| |
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)
|
452919 - rhn-applet-gui doesn't show correct real-time updates when re-registered to new satellite
487660 - rpm -V rhn-applet reports to many problems after running rhn-applet-gui
490894 - "Caught exception:" when calling rhn-applet-tui for the first time
493975 - debug statements are causing an exception when directories are used as sources in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources
rhn-applet bug fix update