Enhancement Advisory libvirt enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2007:0643-8
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2007-10-30
Last updated on: 2007-10-30
Affected Products: RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated libvirt packages that support the new Xen 3.1.0 hypervisor ABI are
now available.

Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of
recent versions of Linux and other operating systems.

The Xen hypervisor has been updated to Xen 3.1, which is not ABI compatible
with the earlier Xen 3.0.3 hypervisor. The new libvirt has support for
dealing with the new Xen 3.1 hypervisor ABI format. The libvirt update also
provides improved support for management of inactive virtual machines, and
a NAT based networking model.

All users of libvirt are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain these enhancements.


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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    81e97e9db7ca47d1054cf73be8e4b98b
 
IA-32:
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    86c7288f3b9fad826740a4001b5a7069
libvirt-devel-0.2.3-9.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    af4f983309d3586953e23ab0f9f89382
libvirt-python-0.2.3-9.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    cf136f26cb7c84e15457891685ceddd7
 
x86_64:
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    86c7288f3b9fad826740a4001b5a7069
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    576e4680c51117fc9cf2f9af9e7ffd19
libvirt-devel-0.2.3-9.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    af4f983309d3586953e23ab0f9f89382
libvirt-devel-0.2.3-9.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    c2e089ac37da878170ebfb0f179f1cba
libvirt-python-0.2.3-9.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    2ba2a1e5f0101cd208b7bb25135c20f2
 
RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    81e97e9db7ca47d1054cf73be8e4b98b
 
IA-32:
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    86c7288f3b9fad826740a4001b5a7069
libvirt-devel-0.2.3-9.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    af4f983309d3586953e23ab0f9f89382
libvirt-python-0.2.3-9.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    cf136f26cb7c84e15457891685ceddd7
 
IA-64:
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    4d552c5975d9427aa712cbf3e14a8125
libvirt-devel-0.2.3-9.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    8ed3a4d24e3b13bab42a1f18c53bbe37
libvirt-python-0.2.3-9.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    b65df7a6229ede7cbfdd27bad475a97c
 
x86_64:
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    86c7288f3b9fad826740a4001b5a7069
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    576e4680c51117fc9cf2f9af9e7ffd19
libvirt-devel-0.2.3-9.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    af4f983309d3586953e23ab0f9f89382
libvirt-devel-0.2.3-9.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    c2e089ac37da878170ebfb0f179f1cba
libvirt-python-0.2.3-9.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0291
    2ba2a1e5f0101cd208b7bb25135c20f2
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

234840 - Add a virsh block-attach/block-detach command
243463 - Update to libvirt 0.2.3 to support new Xen 3.1.0 hypervisor
250146 - memory leak: virConnectClose() doesn't free all the memory it should
250789 - New style PVFB config not processed correctly when starting guests with libvirt
251594 - Driver for /etc/xen config files does not correctly handle virtual networks
253013 - "virsh console" should be documented in virsh man page
254188 - virt-install writes vncdisplay=<vncport> in domain config



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