Enhancement Advisory new package: redhat-release for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2

Advisory: RHEA-2008:0436-4
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-05-20
Last updated on: 2008-05-21
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 now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5.2.

The redhat-release package contains licensing information regarding, and
identifies the installed version of, Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This new package reflects changes made for the release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.2.

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-5.2.0.4.src.rpm     d5445ade74950ac0d3ed7bd35adae1d4
 
IA-32:
redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.i386.rpm     5415c78eba0eb24be494b1b0db4a3b44
 
IA-64:
redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.ia64.rpm     f4ca1474d24aca2b9a2e0bce76af46b1
 
PPC:
redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.ppc.rpm     9ecfb8d474a8c1cf1d446e755104c1aa
 
s390x:
redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.s390x.rpm     8538702418553570af3b3ff57d2463b5
 
x86_64:
redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.x86_64.rpm     9dd7c413b0362770a7db855ec389b80b
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
redhat-release-5Client-5.2.0.4.src.rpm     c00177d263e3b13030e4975c709c1101
 
IA-32:
redhat-release-5Client-5.2.0.4.i386.rpm     8bcb985dccb3aaee983308723ff21ce4
 
x86_64:
redhat-release-5Client-5.2.0.4.x86_64.rpm     283cace88edbd04c4ec4573f2b19aaf2
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

216069 - Many of 'language support's are not translated.
222086 - missing 32-bit libraries on RHEL 5 beta2
255981 - ntp not available in package selection
413001 - redhat-release needs to be updated for 5.2
426280 - Ship Server applications in PPC64 as well (vs. just 32bit)
437258 - Flash not working with Firefox 3 beta
440301 - Unresolved dependencies for compat-dapl-1.2.5-2.0.7-1
441469 - File conflict in dapl 32/64bit packages
445397 - Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: extracdinstaller.



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https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

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