Enhancement Advisory rhnlib enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2006:0470-3
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

An updated rhnlib package that provides improved HTTP redirect support is
now available.

The rhnlib package contains Python libraries developed specifically for
interfacing with Red Hat Network.

HTTP redirect support has been improved for performance gains for future
regionalized downloads.


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:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    092157f642a53b811bc9dc1f495c3d68
 
IA-32:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    e88fbcb172cbc5ce3d8f9c0d74ee951c
 
x86_64:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    e88fbcb172cbc5ce3d8f9c0d74ee951c
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    092157f642a53b811bc9dc1f495c3d68
 
IA-32:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    e88fbcb172cbc5ce3d8f9c0d74ee951c
 
IA-64:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    e88fbcb172cbc5ce3d8f9c0d74ee951c
 
PPC:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    e88fbcb172cbc5ce3d8f9c0d74ee951c
 
s390:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    e88fbcb172cbc5ce3d8f9c0d74ee951c
 
s390x:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    e88fbcb172cbc5ce3d8f9c0d74ee951c
 
x86_64:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    e88fbcb172cbc5ce3d8f9c0d74ee951c
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    092157f642a53b811bc9dc1f495c3d68
 
IA-32:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    e88fbcb172cbc5ce3d8f9c0d74ee951c
 
IA-64:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    e88fbcb172cbc5ce3d8f9c0d74ee951c
 
x86_64:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    e88fbcb172cbc5ce3d8f9c0d74ee951c
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    092157f642a53b811bc9dc1f495c3d68
 
IA-32:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    e88fbcb172cbc5ce3d8f9c0d74ee951c
 
IA-64:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    e88fbcb172cbc5ce3d8f9c0d74ee951c
 
x86_64:
rhnlib-1.8.7-3.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2007:0415
    e88fbcb172cbc5ce3d8f9c0d74ee951c
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

175153 - Support http 302 redirect requests in rhnlib


Keywords

redirects


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