- Issued:
- 2008-02-06
- Updated:
- 2008-02-06
RHBA-2008:0053 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
s390utils bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated s390utils package that fixes two bugs are now available.
Description
The s390utils packages contain utilities related to Linux for the IBM S/390
architecture.
This updated package includes the following two fixes:
- the IBM S/390 disk partition utility, fdasd, did not understand the LVM
partition type. After a fresh installation using LVM volumes, those volumes
would show up as unknown partition types in fdasd. This has been fixed so
that they now correctly display as LVM partitions.
- the zfcpconf.sh script called in rc.sysinit would fail when the root (/)
and /usr directories were mounted on different partitions because
zfcpconf.sh was calling the 'tr' command, which resides on the /usr
partition, which had not been yet been mounted previous to zfcpconf.sh
being called. This has been fixed so that zfcpconf.sh uses the 'sed'
command, which is located in /bin, in place of 'tr'.
Users of s390utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues.
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 for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.1 s390x
Fixes
- BZ - 392421 - LTC36913-RHEL5 installer creates partitions that show up as 'unknown' in fdasd
- BZ - 426285 - LTC38361-zfcpconf.sh fails in rc.sysinit if / partition and /usr partition are separated.
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
s390utils-1.5.3-10.1.el5_1.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: bf6706f93f9a231d022b657324d51a4165a897f82ad237df82e437a08d824191 |
s390x | |
s390utils-1.5.3-10.1.el5_1.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c57f05c4e5ffc28050d4cd0a7bc9166832e599abd68dc571c1952c192cf525c1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.1
SRPM | |
---|---|
s390x |
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