- Issued:
- 2004-09-01
- Updated:
- 2004-09-01
RHEA-2004:321 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
Updated MAKEDEV and dev packages
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Topic
Updated MAKEDEV and dev packages that change the default set of device
nodes are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.
Description
The Red Hat Linux operating system uses file system entries to represent
devices (CD-ROMs, floppy drives, etc.) attached to the machine. All of
these entries are in the /dev tree. This package contains the most commonly
used /dev entries. The dev package is a basic part of your Red Hat Linux
system and it needs to be installed.
The MAKEDEV package contains the MAKEDEV script, which makes it easier to
create and maintain the files in the /dev directory.
The following issues have been addressed:
- On ppc and ppc64 architectures, the hvsi0 and hvsi1 devices files were
not created by default.
- The device files for disks supported by the sx8 driver were not created
by default.
- Device files for sound devices which are not supported by version 2.4 of
the Linux kernel were mistakenly created by default.
All users of dev and MAKEDEV should upgrade to these updated packages,
which resolve these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filenames]
where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL
Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the
up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of
up2date is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be
downloaded directly from the RHN website:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.