Enhancement Advisory modversions enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2008:0024-4
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-01-10
Last updated on: 2008-01-10
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated modversions package that adds enhancements is now available.

The modversions package provides additional support to the
module-init-tools package, included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 and
later. It has been backported to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6, initially
for use with virtualization.

A new init script has been added, which regenerates the initial ramdisk
in the case that it needs to be updated after a driver has been installed.
As well, the init script copies compatible drivers and regenerates the
initial ramdisk whenever the kernel package is upgraded.

Users of the modversions package are advised to upgrade to this updated
package, which adds 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

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.src.rpm     1fead47c483bdb74737d6947a3a4e3af
 
IA-32:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm     7b82888129cce5536437dc05964baeee
 
x86_64:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm     04804dcccd98ef76858ee9e5a1ee601f
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.src.rpm     1fead47c483bdb74737d6947a3a4e3af
 
IA-32:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm     7b82888129cce5536437dc05964baeee
 
IA-64:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm     90549921d3c5298aaeb530bcc8bde70c
 
PPC:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.ppc.rpm     2fc064782810d4383fd5a6dee818564a
 
s390:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.s390.rpm     28223124ce29eaf8d6ff089ad41411f0
 
s390x:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm     12a7386df3ef5180caa7492923f836e7
 
x86_64:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm     04804dcccd98ef76858ee9e5a1ee601f
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.src.rpm     1fead47c483bdb74737d6947a3a4e3af
 
IA-32:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm     7b82888129cce5536437dc05964baeee
 
IA-64:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm     90549921d3c5298aaeb530bcc8bde70c
 
x86_64:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm     04804dcccd98ef76858ee9e5a1ee601f
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.src.rpm     1fead47c483bdb74737d6947a3a4e3af
 
IA-32:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm     7b82888129cce5536437dc05964baeee
 
IA-64:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm     90549921d3c5298aaeb530bcc8bde70c
 
x86_64:
modversions-1.0-4.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm     04804dcccd98ef76858ee9e5a1ee601f
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

403411 - Need to perform internal builds of modversions package for testing


Keywords

module-init-tools,, modversions


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