New redhat-release package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1

Advisory:	RHEA-2007:0854-10
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 redhat-release package is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1.

The redhat-release package identifies the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This new package reflects changes made for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1.

Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 should upgrade to this updated package.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download
and update your packages. To do so, run the following command (as root):

pup

Alternatively, for a command-line interface, run the following command instead:

yum update

To register your system to RHN, use the following command:

rhn_register

For information on how to manually install or remove packages, refer to the
following link:

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_80_11223.shtm

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
redhat-release-5Server-5.1.0.2.src.rpm File outdated by: RHEA-2008:0436	`d1fbefe4596f7007aef840eb6e07f37e`

IA-32:
redhat-release-5Server-5.1.0.2.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHEA-2008:0436	`353f3ae0d2922fee5012eeabd9bbdc67`

IA-64:
redhat-release-5Server-5.1.0.2.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHEA-2008:0436	`91ee8c07a60930f921dccf3bd726d2cb`

PPC:
redhat-release-5Server-5.1.0.2.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHEA-2008:0436	`2fe5df0141a22378cc76d374934a9ed6`

s390x:
redhat-release-5Server-5.1.0.2.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHEA-2008:0436	`a0756d1b19adcf699f85ae52e06138d5`

x86_64:
redhat-release-5Server-5.1.0.2.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHEA-2008:0436	`8b6e5ec83ec08f6199d2fb6c9a64b481`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
redhat-release-5Client-5.1.0.2.src.rpm File outdated by: RHEA-2008:0436	`a04a91031130195c890b88a677eaf1d4`

IA-32:
redhat-release-5Client-5.1.0.2.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHEA-2008:0436	`5fae14157de2624f90b0640ce18b1d37`

x86_64:
redhat-release-5Client-5.1.0.2.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHEA-2008:0436	`2fe5db22e38199165c31f5636dc1f681`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

235944 - libacl package missing on RHEL5 ia64 compat-layer CD
245992 - need new crash-devel package
246240 - Need multilib keyutils-libs
246253 - We would like to include the RHX public key in to the redhat-release package.
323171 - DomHVM hungs by guest firmware regression

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from:
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at http://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/