- Issued:
- 2014-10-13
- Updated:
- 2014-10-13
RHBA-2014:1442 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
lsvpd bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated lsvpd packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The lsvpd packages provide a set of tools to gather and display the Vital
Product Data (VPD) information about hardware components. This information can
be used by higher-level serviceability tools.
The lsvpd packages has been upgraded to upstream version 1.7.4, which provides a
number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#739121)
This update also fixes the following bugs:
- Previously, the output from the lscfg command contained duplicate entries for
various hardware components. This bug has been fixed and lscfg no longer returns
duplicate entries. (BZ#868757)
- Previously, it was not possible to link code between the libsvpd and librtas
libraries, because libsvpd is distributed under the GNU General Public License
(GPL) whereas librtas is under commercial public license (CPL). This update
grants a special permission to link part of the code for libsvpd against the
librtas library and distribute linked combinations which include both libraries.
You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of the code
used other than librtas. (BZ#1088401)
In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:
- This update adds support for the Firmware Entitlement Checking on IBM PowerPC
server systems. (BZ#1006855)
Users of lsvpd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these
bugs and add these enhancements.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6
SRPM | |
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lsvpd-1.7.4-1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: fe1d5026e91395d4e6bb24d45026c460c63cef93b0012ac113f3b089c8369a49 |
ppc64 | |
lsvpd-1.7.4-1.el6.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: dc392c01e9f92fabcee5e0b07e148ccdb99cc2b17a44e5983e814d21bd49d620 |
lsvpd-debuginfo-1.7.4-1.el6.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 38ac12cf582da8049ef1897856262cdaf5b7272c9f4b1cd7fdc2e6b956caeb25 |
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