- Issued:
- 2009-09-02
- Updated:
- 2009-09-02
RHBA-2009:1387 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
pykickstart bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated pykickstart package that fixes two bugs is now available.
Description
The pykickstart package is a python library used to manipulate kickstart
files.
This updated package addresses the following bugs:
- pykickstart ignored special characters when parsing arguments, and
therefore omitted them when passing the arguments to the authconfig
method. This meant that the system would not kickstart as specified.
pykickstart now handles special characters, so arguments are passed as
intended. Any further issues will be due to incorrect syntax. (BZ#241657)
- pykickstart lacked RAID10 support, so attempting to kickstart with
RAID10 software resulted in a "RAID Partition defined without RAID
level" error message and a failure to boot. RAID10 support has been
added, and the kickstart now works as expected. (BZ#508053)
Users of pykickstart are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
fixes 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/docs/DOC-11259
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 Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 241657 - Several options for auth and rootpw gets ignored
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: ba511ca194fdcb7515432a933e82de72e637d44d0e4c18fa3ff5b0ec1dcd890d |
x86_64 | |
pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 16c2195e9fe978231cb27aace56871534eab4f37eafa0d99fdedf1fdd2df6312 |
ia64 | |
pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 16c2195e9fe978231cb27aace56871534eab4f37eafa0d99fdedf1fdd2df6312 |
i386 | |
pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 16c2195e9fe978231cb27aace56871534eab4f37eafa0d99fdedf1fdd2df6312 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: ba511ca194fdcb7515432a933e82de72e637d44d0e4c18fa3ff5b0ec1dcd890d |
x86_64 | |
pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 16c2195e9fe978231cb27aace56871534eab4f37eafa0d99fdedf1fdd2df6312 |
i386 | |
pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 16c2195e9fe978231cb27aace56871534eab4f37eafa0d99fdedf1fdd2df6312 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: ba511ca194fdcb7515432a933e82de72e637d44d0e4c18fa3ff5b0ec1dcd890d |
x86_64 | |
pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 16c2195e9fe978231cb27aace56871534eab4f37eafa0d99fdedf1fdd2df6312 |
i386 | |
pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 16c2195e9fe978231cb27aace56871534eab4f37eafa0d99fdedf1fdd2df6312 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: ba511ca194fdcb7515432a933e82de72e637d44d0e4c18fa3ff5b0ec1dcd890d |
s390x | |
pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 16c2195e9fe978231cb27aace56871534eab4f37eafa0d99fdedf1fdd2df6312 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: ba511ca194fdcb7515432a933e82de72e637d44d0e4c18fa3ff5b0ec1dcd890d |
ppc | |
pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 16c2195e9fe978231cb27aace56871534eab4f37eafa0d99fdedf1fdd2df6312 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: ba511ca194fdcb7515432a933e82de72e637d44d0e4c18fa3ff5b0ec1dcd890d |
x86_64 | |
pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 16c2195e9fe978231cb27aace56871534eab4f37eafa0d99fdedf1fdd2df6312 |
i386 | |
pykickstart-0.43.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 16c2195e9fe978231cb27aace56871534eab4f37eafa0d99fdedf1fdd2df6312 |
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