Enhancement Advisory redhat-release bug fix and enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2009:1002-1
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-05-18
Last updated on: 2009-05-18
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 4.8.

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 4.8.

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/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
redhat-release-4Desktop-9.src.rpm     de654bf260a66f6353fa3551fc4017f1
 
IA-32:
redhat-release-4Desktop-9.i386.rpm     429388f56820c7727eab55147ba27d6f
 
x86_64:
redhat-release-4Desktop-9.x86_64.rpm     23d2898f5faf639caceea0a70c43eb8b
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
redhat-release-4AS-9.src.rpm     b6c975cb060b0063ac4c7b200a1ac9ae
 
IA-32:
redhat-release-4AS-9.i386.rpm     47befdda7761fb1a1b81459340ac5bb5
 
IA-64:
redhat-release-4AS-9.ia64.rpm     c28b262f64f6d28356b56376b1a748cd
 
PPC:
redhat-release-4AS-9.ppc.rpm     8917cc6fedec4306d2b675c052a223e6
 
s390:
redhat-release-4AS-9.s390.rpm     64c1990063e4b46bc6e1a6a80549bd4c
 
s390x:
redhat-release-4AS-9.s390x.rpm     4cac0600d882615fe639100f121a9def
 
x86_64:
redhat-release-4AS-9.x86_64.rpm     b510284155c8ce753cb6c4e3feffbdef
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
redhat-release-4ES-9.src.rpm     7ec8426e724396835a5b7fea0e036cba
 
IA-32:
redhat-release-4ES-9.i386.rpm     c387186d79745ffe0b9fe705fcdea15b
 
IA-64:
redhat-release-4ES-9.ia64.rpm     c4805b014e668fab78548975c38a27fe
 
x86_64:
redhat-release-4ES-9.x86_64.rpm     86369b018d160afb9322624f1acf3d20
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
redhat-release-4WS-9.src.rpm     14cee50b0025601d78dc05c44e9908aa
 
IA-32:
redhat-release-4WS-9.i386.rpm     f1479a3c49bdf2d89ab7c4be3e100c59
 
IA-64:
redhat-release-4WS-9.ia64.rpm     d5c6c1b8e49c505ae2d6494b48e73695
 
x86_64:
redhat-release-4WS-9.x86_64.rpm     08abbfcf276b4992962a92f9cdc5af4b
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

454264 - file supportinfo differs between x86_64 and i386 by new line
481294 - /etc/issue update for RHEL 4.8 Beta
481295 - /etc/issue update for RHEL 4.8 RC



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