- Issued:
- 2008-01-07
- Updated:
- 2008-01-07
RHBA-2008:0026 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
python-virtinst bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated python-virtinst package that fixes a bug is now available.
Description
The python-virtinst package contains virtinst, a module to help start
installations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Fedora inside a virtual
machine. It supports para-virtualized and fully-virtualized guests. As
well, the python-virtinst package contains a script, virt-install, which
uses virtinst in a command line mode.
When querying the top-level directory, the Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite
kickstart trees do not serve a valid "HTTP 200 OK" response. This broke
the "virt-install" and "virt-manager" tools, which check if the top-level
directory is valid before starting the installation process.
In the previous python-virtinst package, an "Invalid install location"
error occurred when attempting to perform a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5
guest installation, which used a kickstart tree on an RHN Satellite Server.
In this updated package, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 guests can be
installed using kickstart trees on RHN Satellite Servers.
All users of python-virtinst are advised to upgrade to this updated
package, which resolves this issue.
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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 412061 - virt-install cannot install from tree provided by Satellite server
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5_1.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 42dbafb90de37bfe259b362e8243172aac3498b2649032832ee04937e4820f04 |
x86_64 | |
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5_1.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 96d2a46c3ce37e56ded4098a6c692094aa21ed93b7b7a8e997da6ca916bc950a |
ia64 | |
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5_1.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 96d2a46c3ce37e56ded4098a6c692094aa21ed93b7b7a8e997da6ca916bc950a |
i386 | |
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5_1.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 96d2a46c3ce37e56ded4098a6c692094aa21ed93b7b7a8e997da6ca916bc950a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
ia64 | |
i386 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5_1.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 42dbafb90de37bfe259b362e8243172aac3498b2649032832ee04937e4820f04 |
x86_64 | |
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5_1.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 96d2a46c3ce37e56ded4098a6c692094aa21ed93b7b7a8e997da6ca916bc950a |
i386 | |
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5_1.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 96d2a46c3ce37e56ded4098a6c692094aa21ed93b7b7a8e997da6ca916bc950a |
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