Enhancement Advisory systemtap enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2007:0678-3
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2007-11-07
Last updated on: 2007-11-07
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL: N/A

Details

A new development snapshot for systemtap is now available.

Systemtap is an instrumentation system for systems running Linux kernel
2.6. Developers can write scripts to collect data on the operation of the
system.

These packages include a large number of stability and functionality
improvements since the 0.5.12 snapshot included in Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5. All of the following bug numbers are from the systemtap
bugzilla server (http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla):

1117, 1134, 1305, 1307, 1570, 1806, 2033, 2116, 2224, 2339, 2341, 2406,
2426, 2438, 2583, 3037, 3261, 3282, 3331, 3428 3519, 3545, 3625, 3648,
3880, 3888, 3911, 3952, 3965, 4066, 4071, 4075, 4078, 4081, 4096, 4119,
4122, 4127, 4146, 4171, 4179, 4183, 4221, 4224, 4254, 4281, 4319, 4323,
4326, 4329, 4332, 4337, 4415, 4432, 4444, 4445, 4458, 4467, 4470, 4471,
4518, 4567, 4570, 4579, 4589, 4609, 4664

Systemtap users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain these enhancements.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied. You will also need to download
the appropriate kernel-debuginfo RPM from ftp.redhat.com.

This update is available via Red Hat Network.

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0923
    f9b8b7c82ca7cf218df67d28c72b8e3b
 
IA-32:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0923
    f64ddbb38ab88111f612b818950d8fec
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0923
    b3a6dcd154a4e1cc1f80d8955f7fa036
 
IA-64:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0923
    35246672c99713b01626a51c869757ba
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0923
    c21b66b9dcce61c298c8ce64d0903c8c
 
PPC:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0923
    e2cb8d6cdb8dc1e0e77c50251913c891
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0923
    0d77128590b623f2fd147a8d0096bbd1
 
s390x:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.el5.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0923
    b3640263b88d6fd324ca3769eecf3099
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.el5.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0923
    d904b4c2f1ba05742651a187c185e6e2
 
x86_64:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0923
    44526909d8c1760cc8f71743c664163e
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0923
    b222428193b2e5d5bb8d7da8fef3c3ec
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0923
    f9b8b7c82ca7cf218df67d28c72b8e3b
 
IA-32:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0923
    f64ddbb38ab88111f612b818950d8fec
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0923
    b3a6dcd154a4e1cc1f80d8955f7fa036
 
x86_64:
systemtap-0.5.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0923
    44526909d8c1760cc8f71743c664163e
systemtap-runtime-0.5.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0923
    b222428193b2e5d5bb8d7da8fef3c3ec
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)


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