sos bug fix and enhancement update

An updated sos package that fixes several bugs and adds various
enhancements is now available.

Sos is a set of tools that gathers information about system hardware and
configuration. The information can then be used for diagnostic purposes
and debugging. Sos is commonly used to help support technicians and
developers.

This updated package provides the following bug fixes and enhancements.
Refer to the Red Hat Enteprise Linux 5.4 Technical Notes for details.

Enhancements:
* (BZ#497206) Addition kvm plugin
* (BZ#461799) Addition of Directory Server sos plugins
* (BZ#464207) postfix plugin for sos name does not fit naming convention
* (BZ#464208) Addition of dovecot plugin
* (BZ#466819) Addition of netdump plugin
* (BZ#466947) Addition of IPA plugin
* (BZ#472108) Addition of Anaconda plugin
* (BZ#487416) collect the details on cron including the system and user
cron jobs
* (BZ#503172) - Need to know the default version of jre when multiple
versions of jre is installed
* (BZ#469820) collect the result of ethtool -i, ethtool -k, and ethtool -S
* (BZ#487434) gather the details on logrotate
* (BZ#238778) - Add 'lspci -t' to set of lspci commands run
* (BZ#433040) - sosreports are too large, due to /var/log/httpd
* (BZ#444839) - FC device state information is omitted
* (BZ#450997) - SOS can collect gdm.conf in RHEL4 but can not collect
custom.conf in RHEL5
* (BZ#460140) - sosreport doesn't capture "dmesg" output
* (BZ#460788) - "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/sos/plugins/xen.py" can
not distinguish FV guests
* (BZ#461351) - Sos plugin to collect smartcard related details
* (BZ#462824) - sosreport chkconfig test in cluster plugin fails on systems
with non-US locale
* (BZ#466923) - [sosreport] printing.py update needed
* (BZ#469626) - [plugins] sar plugin
* (BZ#472857) - plugin to collect snmp configurations
* (BZ#472858) - plugin for kdump configuration
* (BZ#480786) - rhn plugin for sos should change paths according to recent
monitoring change
* (BZ#487113) - /var/log/acpid is missed in SOS
* (BZ#487116) - plugin to collect nscd information
* (BZ#487119) - Patch to collect tftp related information
* (BZ#487308) - Sos plugin to collect oddjob related details
* (BZ#487466) - Add iscsi plugin to sos.
* (BZ#487470) - Add ntpdata plugin for sos.
* (BZ#487474) - Adding sos plugin for tomcat5.
* (BZ#487476) - Adding sos plugin for Auditd related information
* (BZ#487477) - Adding sos plugin to capture DHCP related information
* (BZ#487478) - Adding sos plugin to capture Red Hat Hardware Test Suite
related information
* (BZ#487480) - Adding sos plugin to capture udev related information
* (BZ#487481) - Adding sos plugin to capture PXE related information
* (BZ#487482) - Adding sos plugin to capture VMWare related information
* (BZ#487483) - Adding sos plugin to capture process accounting related
information
* (BZ#487484) - Adding sos plugin to capture MySQL related information
* (BZ#487485) - Adding sos plugin to capture MRG Messaging related information
* (BZ#487488) - Adding sos plugin to capture MRG GRID related information
* (BZ#487628) - Sos plugin to collect openssl related details
* (BZ#488412) - Sos plugin to collect wvdial and ppp related details
* (BZ#492072) - sosreport does not include /var/log/pm/suspend.log
* (BZ#497840) - Unused snack import
* (BZ#498474) - sort output of installed-rpms
* (BZ#501842) - sosreport is missing batch mode

Bug Fixes:
* (BZ#469365) French translation of y/n prompt is wrong and confusing
* (BZ#480302) Python sys.path problem
* (BZ#475190) modifes ldap.conf
* (BZ#475991) shouldn't require user input when plug-in diagnoses
(potential) error
* (BZ#477042) rh-upload-core does not upload unless the quiet flag is set
* (BZ#490186) xen plugin: is_running_xenstored function issues
* (BBZ#503536) - sosreport fails on minimal install without bzip2 installed

All users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these
issues and adds these enhancements.

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

238778 - Add 'lspci -t' to set of lspci commands run
433040 - sosreports are too large, due to /var/log/httpd
444839 - FC device state information is omitted
450997 - SOS can collect gdm.conf in RHEL4 but can not collect custom.conf in RHEL5
460140 - sosreport doesn't capture "dmesg" output
460788 - "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/sos/plugins/xen.py" can not distinguish FV guests
461351 - Sos plugin to collect smartcard related details
461798 - include Certificate system 7.1 plugin in sosreport
461799 - Addition of Directory Server sos plugins
462824 - sosreport chkconfig test in cluster plugin fails on systems with non-US locale
464207 - postfix plugin for sos name does not fit naming convention (too general) and add postconf.
464208 - NEW sosreport plugin for dovecot.
466819 - plugin to add netconfig configuration to sosreport
466923 - [sosreport] printing.py update needed
466947 - add IPA plugin to sosreport
469626 - [plugins] sar plugin
469820 - sosreport should collect the result of ethtool -i, ethtool -k, and ethtool -S by default
472108 - Anaconda plugin
472857 - plugin to collect snmp configurations
472858 - plugin for kdump configuration
475190 - sos modifes ldap.conf
475991 - sosreport shouldn't require user input when plug-in diagnoses (potential) error
477042 - rh-upload-core does not upload unless the quiet flag is set
480786 - rhn plugin for sos should change paths according to recent monitoring change
487113 - /var/log/acpid is missed in SOS
487116 - plugin to collect nscd information
487119 - Patch to collect tftp related information
487308 - Sos plugin to collect oddjob related details
487416 - sosplugin to collect the details on cron including the system and user cron jobs
487434 - A sosplugin to gather the details on logrotate such as its status, its debug information and the configuration files.
487470 - Add ntpdata plugin for sos.
487474 - Adding sos plugin for tomcat5.
487476 - Adding sos plugin for Auditd related information
487477 - Adding sos plugin to capture DHCP related information
487478 - Adding sos plugin to capture Red Hat Hardware Test Suite related information
487480 - Adding sos plugin to capture udev related information
487481 - Adding sos plugin to capture PXE related information
487482 - Adding sos plugin to capture VMWare related information
487483 - Adding sos plugin to capture process accounting related information
487484 - Adding sos plugin to capture MySQL related information
487485 - Adding sos plugin to capture MRG Messaging related information
487488 - Adding sos plugin to capture MRG GRID related information
487628 - Sos plugin to collect openssl related details
488412 - Sos plugin to collect wvdial and ppp related details
497206 - FEAT: Add -kvm target for s.o.s report
497840 - Unused snack import
498474 - sort output of installed-rpms (sos_commands/rpm/rpm_-qa_--qf_NAME_-_VERSION_-_RELEASE_-_ARCH) for better readability
503172 - Need to know the default version of jre when multiple versions of jre is installed
503536 - sosreport fails on minimal install without bzip2 installed
507316 - The generated sosreport does not contain case number in the filename

http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.4/html/Technical_Notes/sos.html