Enhancement Advisory new package: redhat-release for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7

Advisory: RHEA-2008:0769-5
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-07-24
Last updated on: 2008-07-24
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

A new redhat-release package is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7.

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

This new package reflects changes made for the release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4.7.

Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 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.

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:
redhat-release-4Desktop-8.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    6a8753e6de7620dce92658656e8e7c4a
 
IA-32:
redhat-release-4Desktop-8.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    7998cf9a7620bf20341fa436d09274ec
 
x86_64:
redhat-release-4Desktop-8.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    9d592d97d8b68b43aeca92b4314ab6aa
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
redhat-release-4AS-8.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    a991332f64bb0112e3547e88e784de8c
 
IA-32:
redhat-release-4AS-8.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    071aa6abc73c888a3eb435f7a7ce1cba
 
IA-64:
redhat-release-4AS-8.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    cb37997a819e9f901bce87b9d04ce782
 
PPC:
redhat-release-4AS-8.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    16d016e01be25b9f2f9b4a05684b57ce
 
s390:
redhat-release-4AS-8.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    2546e0b25ea1acc9cbffc3112650bc54
 
s390x:
redhat-release-4AS-8.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    8417629e30c1f6af6a0189b314685f04
 
x86_64:
redhat-release-4AS-8.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    cea85b17dd0eaf91da64a1fc0d113880
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
redhat-release-4ES-8.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    e894726b34fad09ab1f35e5de80a02cb
 
IA-32:
redhat-release-4ES-8.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    e79f37048684053723d7a061c0dffa70
 
IA-64:
redhat-release-4ES-8.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    30ac641028d7389a7bf49ebbf00c1fe0
 
x86_64:
redhat-release-4ES-8.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    b502f3b31176ecb028869a6b629f4596
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
redhat-release-4WS-8.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    b074c48f08f0a7539fd0ab49b91cd74c
 
IA-32:
redhat-release-4WS-8.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    af4ad0185c94360efe70150699610a23
 
IA-64:
redhat-release-4WS-8.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    0bf13603ea44296bac27843150a8c99e
 
x86_64:
redhat-release-4WS-8.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0624
    0ab4d2ce475e3fed96d9c5bafbf5bd72
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

443418 - libsmi-* packages lack signatures (RHEL4-U7-re20080418.0)
443582 - /etc/issue needs changed to read (Nahant Update 7 Beta)
444813 - Include 4.7.0 Beta Release notes
453911 - s390* variant src disk ISOs too large
453913 - unixODBC-devel-2.2.11-1.RHEL4.1.ppc64.rpm signed with redhat-beta key



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/