- Issued:
- 2011-07-21
- Updated:
- 2011-07-21
RHBA-2011:0998 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
yum-rhn-plugin bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated yum-rhn-plugin package that fixes various bugs is now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The yum-rhn-plugin package provides support for connecting to Red Hat Network
(RHN). Systems registered with RHN are able to update and install packages from
Red Hat Network.
This update fixes the following bugs:
- When running the "yum --help" command with rhnplugin installed, command line
options for other plug-ins were not listed in the output, although the plug-in
options were still working. This error has been corrected: plug-in options are
now listed. (BZ#614138)
- Due to rhnplugin not considering the value of Yum's "metadata_expire"
variable, all channels used the default expiration time (21,700 seconds). This
prevented a user from updating a system using RHN Satellite. rhnplugin now
respects Yum's global settings. (BZ#666534)
- When using RHN Classic or RHN Satellite to schedule an installation or update
on the client system with outdated Yum's metadata cache, the "rhn_check" utility
incorrectly reported success. This error has been fixed and the scheduled action
fails if Yum does not find any new packages to install or update. (BZ#667135)
- When a system registered by the Subscription Manager tool was updated with Yum
and rhnplugin was enabled, the following message appeared:
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
The problem has been fixed: rhnplugin is now disabled by default, and is only
enabled when registering with RHN Classic. If the system is registered with
Subscription Manager, rhnplugin is not used and the message does not appear.
(BZ#675220)
- The version of yum-rhn-plugin released with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 Beta
did not print the progress bar during the download of packages. This has been
fixed by correctly setting callbacks. (BZ#707241)
All users of yum-rhn-plugin are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which fixes these bugs.
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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- 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 IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- 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 - 614138 - yum-rhn-plugin breaks 'yum --help' output
- BZ - 666534 - [RHEL 5] rhnplugin does not respect metadata_expire setting
- BZ - 667135 - [RHEL 5] rhn_check incorrectly reports success when packages weren't found due to out-of-date yum cache
- BZ - 707241 - yum-rhn-plugin: yum does not print downloaded packages
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6a829d89d4cb68c4498fe3142cbf1de8c5c5c5d3d984e0cd4017d26dea9aa2b5 |
x86_64 | |
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: dfdb06d0d3e14057cfe3c948e000c7610e206be30263d68e5df10ae2779bfe96 |
ia64 | |
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: dfdb06d0d3e14057cfe3c948e000c7610e206be30263d68e5df10ae2779bfe96 |
i386 | |
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: dfdb06d0d3e14057cfe3c948e000c7610e206be30263d68e5df10ae2779bfe96 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6a829d89d4cb68c4498fe3142cbf1de8c5c5c5d3d984e0cd4017d26dea9aa2b5 |
x86_64 | |
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: dfdb06d0d3e14057cfe3c948e000c7610e206be30263d68e5df10ae2779bfe96 |
i386 | |
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: dfdb06d0d3e14057cfe3c948e000c7610e206be30263d68e5df10ae2779bfe96 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6a829d89d4cb68c4498fe3142cbf1de8c5c5c5d3d984e0cd4017d26dea9aa2b5 |
x86_64 | |
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: dfdb06d0d3e14057cfe3c948e000c7610e206be30263d68e5df10ae2779bfe96 |
i386 | |
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: dfdb06d0d3e14057cfe3c948e000c7610e206be30263d68e5df10ae2779bfe96 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6a829d89d4cb68c4498fe3142cbf1de8c5c5c5d3d984e0cd4017d26dea9aa2b5 |
s390x | |
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: dfdb06d0d3e14057cfe3c948e000c7610e206be30263d68e5df10ae2779bfe96 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6a829d89d4cb68c4498fe3142cbf1de8c5c5c5d3d984e0cd4017d26dea9aa2b5 |
ppc | |
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: dfdb06d0d3e14057cfe3c948e000c7610e206be30263d68e5df10ae2779bfe96 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6a829d89d4cb68c4498fe3142cbf1de8c5c5c5d3d984e0cd4017d26dea9aa2b5 |
x86_64 | |
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: dfdb06d0d3e14057cfe3c948e000c7610e206be30263d68e5df10ae2779bfe96 |
i386 | |
yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-22.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: dfdb06d0d3e14057cfe3c948e000c7610e206be30263d68e5df10ae2779bfe96 |
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