- Issued:
- 2009-09-02
- Updated:
- 2009-09-02
RHBA-2009:1419 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
yum bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated yum package that fixes various bugs, adds a number of features
and contains optimizations is now available.
Description
Yum is a utility that can check for or automatically download and
install updated RPM packages. Dependencies are obtained and downloaded
automatically prompting the user as necessary.
Yum has been rebased to version 3.2.22. Refer to the "What's new"
section of the yum wiki for a description of recent changes, and
to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Technical Notes for a description
of bug fixes and enhancements provided in this updated yum package.
Users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves 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 - 447588 - Typo errors in man pages
- BZ - 470274 - Yum tracebacked due to missing file to delete
- BZ - 474822 - progress bar not redrawn correctly on narrow terminals
- BZ - 474826 - yum install prints confusing statements when in quiet mode
- BZ - 476195 - yum doesn't lock the rpmdb RW constantly, so rpm can remove installed packages that yum knows about (yum traceback)
- BZ - 481164 - RHEL 5.2->5.3 update lvm2-cluster conflicts with lvm2
- BZ - 482812 - RFE: yum --disablerepo='*' install '*' ... outputs all pkgs on machine
- BZ - 491077 - yumUtils.oldUtils is broken
- BZ - 491406 - yum info crashes on empty %description`
- BZ - 500697 - Error Checksumming during bigger amount of packages
- BZ - 507326 - Add "available, but not installed" warning to yum update
- BZ - 507357 - 'yum grouplist' seems to misuse LC_CTYPE environment variable
- BZ - 507883 - can't disable color from cmd line
- BZ - 507885 - package-cleanup crashes with infinite recursion
- BZ - 508659 - livecd-creator doesn't create on rawhide
- BZ - 509932 - cost excludes are much slower in yum 3.2.23 than 3.2.21
CVEs
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 04f9d087d8a5bc16ecd96663d36348e71cb7ccea2e252401c9232aaca3bf8c41 |
x86_64 | |
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9e13ddde38b3bdc73211bf4d058f810c81bbcdd2237f3945e8b85db981498567 |
ia64 | |
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9e13ddde38b3bdc73211bf4d058f810c81bbcdd2237f3945e8b85db981498567 |
i386 | |
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9e13ddde38b3bdc73211bf4d058f810c81bbcdd2237f3945e8b85db981498567 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 04f9d087d8a5bc16ecd96663d36348e71cb7ccea2e252401c9232aaca3bf8c41 |
x86_64 | |
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9e13ddde38b3bdc73211bf4d058f810c81bbcdd2237f3945e8b85db981498567 |
i386 | |
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9e13ddde38b3bdc73211bf4d058f810c81bbcdd2237f3945e8b85db981498567 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 04f9d087d8a5bc16ecd96663d36348e71cb7ccea2e252401c9232aaca3bf8c41 |
x86_64 | |
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9e13ddde38b3bdc73211bf4d058f810c81bbcdd2237f3945e8b85db981498567 |
i386 | |
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9e13ddde38b3bdc73211bf4d058f810c81bbcdd2237f3945e8b85db981498567 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 04f9d087d8a5bc16ecd96663d36348e71cb7ccea2e252401c9232aaca3bf8c41 |
s390x | |
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9e13ddde38b3bdc73211bf4d058f810c81bbcdd2237f3945e8b85db981498567 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 04f9d087d8a5bc16ecd96663d36348e71cb7ccea2e252401c9232aaca3bf8c41 |
ppc | |
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9e13ddde38b3bdc73211bf4d058f810c81bbcdd2237f3945e8b85db981498567 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 04f9d087d8a5bc16ecd96663d36348e71cb7ccea2e252401c9232aaca3bf8c41 |
x86_64 | |
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9e13ddde38b3bdc73211bf4d058f810c81bbcdd2237f3945e8b85db981498567 |
i386 | |
yum-3.2.22-20.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9e13ddde38b3bdc73211bf4d058f810c81bbcdd2237f3945e8b85db981498567 |
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