Enhancement Advisory diskdumputils enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2006:0445-7
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2006-07-20
Last updated on: 2006-07-20
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated diskdumputils packages that add various enhancements are now
available.

The diskdump utilities set up the kernel to save memory image to the
specified partition.

This update allows the swap partition to be used in lieu of a dedicated
dump partition. This requires that the administrator configure the
swap device as the DEVICE in /etc/sysconfig/diskdump.

This update introduces a new "diskdump-success" script which can be
customized and then copied to the /var/crash/scripts directory. If the
file exists in /var/crash/scripts, it will be executed upon a
successful diskdump operation.

This update prevents a diskdump startup failure when /usr is NFS mounted,
by moving its utility commands and scripts to /sbin.

Users of diskdump-utils should upgrade to these updated packages, which
provide these enhancements.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
diskdumputils-1.3.3-1.src.rpm     8ae6d4c5829f540986476a407ae31895
 
IA-32:
diskdumputils-1.3.3-1.i386.rpm     820ea3c786b731fa66f80d218532a1c7
 
x86_64:
diskdumputils-1.3.3-1.x86_64.rpm     0d1351bc851c5ff675f0af1055ffe6d5
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
diskdumputils-1.3.3-1.src.rpm     8ae6d4c5829f540986476a407ae31895
 
IA-32:
diskdumputils-1.3.3-1.i386.rpm     820ea3c786b731fa66f80d218532a1c7
 
IA-64:
diskdumputils-1.3.3-1.ia64.rpm     d5d9db065bf6688c448cda5f0aaf4d8b
 
x86_64:
diskdumputils-1.3.3-1.x86_64.rpm     0d1351bc851c5ff675f0af1055ffe6d5
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
diskdumputils-1.3.3-1.src.rpm     8ae6d4c5829f540986476a407ae31895
 
IA-32:
diskdumputils-1.3.3-1.i386.rpm     820ea3c786b731fa66f80d218532a1c7
 
IA-64:
diskdumputils-1.3.3-1.ia64.rpm     d5d9db065bf6688c448cda5f0aaf4d8b
 
x86_64:
diskdumputils-1.3.3-1.x86_64.rpm     0d1351bc851c5ff675f0af1055ffe6d5
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
diskdumputils-1.3.3-1.src.rpm     8ae6d4c5829f540986476a407ae31895
 
IA-32:
diskdumputils-1.3.3-1.i386.rpm     820ea3c786b731fa66f80d218532a1c7
 
IA-64:
diskdumputils-1.3.3-1.ia64.rpm     d5d9db065bf6688c448cda5f0aaf4d8b
 
x86_64:
diskdumputils-1.3.3-1.x86_64.rpm     0d1351bc851c5ff675f0af1055ffe6d5
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)


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https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

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