yum bug fix update
| Advisory: | RHBA-2010:0254-1 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Bug Fix Advisory |
| Severity: | N/A |
| Issued on: | 2010-03-30 |
| Last updated on: | 2010-03-30 |
| Affected Products: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) |
Details
An updated yum package that fixes various bugs is now available.
Yum is a utility that can check for and automatically download and install
updated RPM packages. Dependencies are obtained and downloaded
automatically, prompting the user for permission as necessary.
Bugs fixed in these updated packages include:
* fix bugtracker URL. (BZ#528738)
* fix return code error during 'yum reinstall'. (BZ#528746)
* remove slow edge case from compare_providers. (BZ#529233)
* add base package name check to compare_providers(). (BZ#529719)
* fix instant downloads crash. (BZ#517286)
* fix exit regression when updating packages that do not exist. (BZ#521008)
* show obsoletes in check-update, if obsoletes flag is on. (BZ#526064)
All yum users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these
issues.
Solution
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the 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 Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) | |
| SRPMS: | |
| yum-3.2.22-26.el5.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:1117 |
MD5: 37eb897fd312718d090972742b7f64cb SHA-256: 35140840ccb9a559bde6727b6ec3b3207307cca265462387772329e2da0ea8d5 |
| IA-32: | |
| yum-3.2.22-26.el5.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:1117 |
MD5: 247922dd03a8e9e978bc27fa074949ad SHA-256: ca0e802110732fc0efcff29a47cec3cf8832bf68363cf2dde471bfd1b8eaec8b |
| IA-64: | |
| yum-3.2.22-26.el5.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:1117 |
MD5: 247922dd03a8e9e978bc27fa074949ad SHA-256: ca0e802110732fc0efcff29a47cec3cf8832bf68363cf2dde471bfd1b8eaec8b |
| PPC: | |
| yum-3.2.22-26.el5.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:1117 |
MD5: 247922dd03a8e9e978bc27fa074949ad SHA-256: ca0e802110732fc0efcff29a47cec3cf8832bf68363cf2dde471bfd1b8eaec8b |
| s390x: | |
| yum-3.2.22-26.el5.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:1117 |
MD5: 247922dd03a8e9e978bc27fa074949ad SHA-256: ca0e802110732fc0efcff29a47cec3cf8832bf68363cf2dde471bfd1b8eaec8b |
| x86_64: | |
| yum-3.2.22-26.el5.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:1117 |
MD5: 247922dd03a8e9e978bc27fa074949ad SHA-256: ca0e802110732fc0efcff29a47cec3cf8832bf68363cf2dde471bfd1b8eaec8b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) | |
| SRPMS: | |
| yum-3.2.22-26.el5.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:1117 |
MD5: 37eb897fd312718d090972742b7f64cb SHA-256: 35140840ccb9a559bde6727b6ec3b3207307cca265462387772329e2da0ea8d5 |
| IA-32: | |
| yum-3.2.22-26.el5.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:1117 |
MD5: 247922dd03a8e9e978bc27fa074949ad SHA-256: ca0e802110732fc0efcff29a47cec3cf8832bf68363cf2dde471bfd1b8eaec8b |
| x86_64: | |
| yum-3.2.22-26.el5.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2012:1117 |
MD5: 247922dd03a8e9e978bc27fa074949ad SHA-256: ca0e802110732fc0efcff29a47cec3cf8832bf68363cf2dde471bfd1b8eaec8b |
| (The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network) | |
Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)
517286 - Yum crashes if download of a package is too quick
521008 - [5.4] yum returns the error when updating the package which doesn't exist.
523135 - circular obsoletes in mstflint, perftest, and tvflash (again!)
526064 - yum check-update ignores --obsoletes parameter
528738 - Change the default bugtracker_url
528746 - Fix the return code for "yum reinstall"
529233 - YumBase.bestPackagesFromList() very slow in yum versions 3.2.22 and 3.2.23
529719 - RFE: Backport changes that enhance Yum's compare_providers
548582 - Doing lots of weird stuff with source repos. and excludes can crash yum
559164 - Bad patch backport, uses yumdb which isn't in RHEL-5 == crash on reinstall of unavailable packages
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