Bug Fix Advisory booty bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2009:0980-1
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-05-18
Last updated on: 2009-05-18
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated booty package that fixes a bug is now available.

The booty package contains a python library which provides an interface for
the creation of boot loader configuration files and the addition of stanzas
to said configuration files. These boot loader configuration files are used
by the anaconda installer.

This updated booty package fixes the following bug:

* booty was not able to properly detect the GRUB boot loader during the
initialization process when performing a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 system
upgrade with the anaconda installer. This resulted in a grayed-out and
un-selectable "Update boot loader configuration" radio option on the
installer screen, and also in the following error message being logged:

"The installer is unable to detect the boot loader currently in use on
your system"

This updated package corrects this error so that the "Update boot loader
configuration" option is once again able to be selected, and the boot
loader is detected during system upgrades.

All users 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/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
booty-0.44.9-1.src.rpm     29e30a9048aceb261be88f076b17e0bb
 
IA-32:
booty-0.44.9-1.i386.rpm     3e6960a1a2ad2e1761f34729be9755f9
 
x86_64:
booty-0.44.9-1.x86_64.rpm     ef82c1a3410b827c27a13bb6fa2c17d9
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
booty-0.44.9-1.src.rpm     29e30a9048aceb261be88f076b17e0bb
 
IA-32:
booty-0.44.9-1.i386.rpm     3e6960a1a2ad2e1761f34729be9755f9
 
IA-64:
booty-0.44.9-1.ia64.rpm     39762a40514da033a704d2ba0e03b765
 
PPC:
booty-0.44.9-1.ppc.rpm     bcda9a9ef639af800635c4b95e723cf1
 
s390:
booty-0.44.9-1.s390.rpm     862d4ccb52add14d0ed74e0d3edcbd9d
 
s390x:
booty-0.44.9-1.s390x.rpm     8c5f08ffa17e0fbbeba6003dbf9d7eb8
 
x86_64:
booty-0.44.9-1.x86_64.rpm     ef82c1a3410b827c27a13bb6fa2c17d9
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
booty-0.44.9-1.src.rpm     29e30a9048aceb261be88f076b17e0bb
 
IA-32:
booty-0.44.9-1.i386.rpm     3e6960a1a2ad2e1761f34729be9755f9
 
IA-64:
booty-0.44.9-1.ia64.rpm     39762a40514da033a704d2ba0e03b765
 
x86_64:
booty-0.44.9-1.x86_64.rpm     ef82c1a3410b827c27a13bb6fa2c17d9
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
booty-0.44.9-1.src.rpm     29e30a9048aceb261be88f076b17e0bb
 
IA-32:
booty-0.44.9-1.i386.rpm     3e6960a1a2ad2e1761f34729be9755f9
 
IA-64:
booty-0.44.9-1.ia64.rpm     39762a40514da033a704d2ba0e03b765
 
x86_64:
booty-0.44.9-1.x86_64.rpm     ef82c1a3410b827c27a13bb6fa2c17d9
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)


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