- Issued:
- 2007-05-01
- Updated:
- 2007-05-01
RHBA-2007:0198 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
hal bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated hal package that fixes various bugs is now available.
Description
HAL is daemon for collection and maintaining information from several
sources about the hardware on the system. It provides a live device
list through D-BUS.
Bugs fixed in these updated packages include:
- under some circumstances /etc/fstab was not properly updated.
- a typo in an XML file was fixed.
- some kernels would generate scsi parity errors with a sym53c875 controller.
Users are advised to upgrade to this updated hal package, which resolves
these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. 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.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 175523 - fstab-sync crashes determining if a partition is mounted
- BZ - 192410 - fstab-sync deletes "/" entry in fstab on startup
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 687666be8df2d5b4993b5bf4fa300278798123c392cf7bc938833dab4cf66959 |
x86_64 | |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d810b51524fba6ff63646e71136204c0789e4d9fcf65a616d6eb43eeb966d5dc |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d810b51524fba6ff63646e71136204c0789e4d9fcf65a616d6eb43eeb966d5dc |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d83d1ad4d4c4e4b5b6e73ce7ffd2e0b84502c078ac6300b172d30e4d5d9ec3e2 |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d83d1ad4d4c4e4b5b6e73ce7ffd2e0b84502c078ac6300b172d30e4d5d9ec3e2 |
hal-devel-0.4.2-6.EL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a27a6efee319080d2bae2327aed8f5849ed4d5ac8d6d22fa961738b75ae09ec5 |
hal-devel-0.4.2-6.EL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a27a6efee319080d2bae2327aed8f5849ed4d5ac8d6d22fa961738b75ae09ec5 |
hal-gnome-0.4.2-6.EL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: c820f2aa796855f7768f7caf98fe6a5d203e8dd6ff99c821828916fe6cb3f2b9 |
hal-gnome-0.4.2-6.EL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: c820f2aa796855f7768f7caf98fe6a5d203e8dd6ff99c821828916fe6cb3f2b9 |
ia64 | |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d810b51524fba6ff63646e71136204c0789e4d9fcf65a616d6eb43eeb966d5dc |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d810b51524fba6ff63646e71136204c0789e4d9fcf65a616d6eb43eeb966d5dc |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 5f4bd130a6424068e0bdcf95dd1cfe99dae55c204927e9870751abc927c4c537 |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 5f4bd130a6424068e0bdcf95dd1cfe99dae55c204927e9870751abc927c4c537 |
hal-devel-0.4.2-6.EL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 27c8a175b13fd2961c8567369bab4e7fe4a5a0d838c5f5ebcc90cd7691d3a99f |
hal-devel-0.4.2-6.EL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 27c8a175b13fd2961c8567369bab4e7fe4a5a0d838c5f5ebcc90cd7691d3a99f |
hal-gnome-0.4.2-6.EL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 1b2efbea0873ee93f5c68ddf7a29bff290290c9b4f169719ce5ea7d5cad468cf |
hal-gnome-0.4.2-6.EL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 1b2efbea0873ee93f5c68ddf7a29bff290290c9b4f169719ce5ea7d5cad468cf |
i386 | |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d810b51524fba6ff63646e71136204c0789e4d9fcf65a616d6eb43eeb966d5dc |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d810b51524fba6ff63646e71136204c0789e4d9fcf65a616d6eb43eeb966d5dc |
hal-devel-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 47921f11f577d15e238a31679f753ce8fca3f0e1a02342d40689c69f8f1b2707 |
hal-devel-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 47921f11f577d15e238a31679f753ce8fca3f0e1a02342d40689c69f8f1b2707 |
hal-gnome-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e8e50f6cd3cac8f470802d1db6d9b1551be05502dc88c3a5e17d72a7ebefb51c |
hal-gnome-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e8e50f6cd3cac8f470802d1db6d9b1551be05502dc88c3a5e17d72a7ebefb51c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 687666be8df2d5b4993b5bf4fa300278798123c392cf7bc938833dab4cf66959 |
x86_64 | |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d810b51524fba6ff63646e71136204c0789e4d9fcf65a616d6eb43eeb966d5dc |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d83d1ad4d4c4e4b5b6e73ce7ffd2e0b84502c078ac6300b172d30e4d5d9ec3e2 |
hal-devel-0.4.2-6.EL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a27a6efee319080d2bae2327aed8f5849ed4d5ac8d6d22fa961738b75ae09ec5 |
hal-gnome-0.4.2-6.EL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: c820f2aa796855f7768f7caf98fe6a5d203e8dd6ff99c821828916fe6cb3f2b9 |
ia64 | |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d810b51524fba6ff63646e71136204c0789e4d9fcf65a616d6eb43eeb966d5dc |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 5f4bd130a6424068e0bdcf95dd1cfe99dae55c204927e9870751abc927c4c537 |
hal-devel-0.4.2-6.EL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 27c8a175b13fd2961c8567369bab4e7fe4a5a0d838c5f5ebcc90cd7691d3a99f |
hal-gnome-0.4.2-6.EL4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 1b2efbea0873ee93f5c68ddf7a29bff290290c9b4f169719ce5ea7d5cad468cf |
i386 | |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d810b51524fba6ff63646e71136204c0789e4d9fcf65a616d6eb43eeb966d5dc |
hal-devel-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 47921f11f577d15e238a31679f753ce8fca3f0e1a02342d40689c69f8f1b2707 |
hal-gnome-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e8e50f6cd3cac8f470802d1db6d9b1551be05502dc88c3a5e17d72a7ebefb51c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 687666be8df2d5b4993b5bf4fa300278798123c392cf7bc938833dab4cf66959 |
x86_64 | |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d810b51524fba6ff63646e71136204c0789e4d9fcf65a616d6eb43eeb966d5dc |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d83d1ad4d4c4e4b5b6e73ce7ffd2e0b84502c078ac6300b172d30e4d5d9ec3e2 |
hal-devel-0.4.2-6.EL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: a27a6efee319080d2bae2327aed8f5849ed4d5ac8d6d22fa961738b75ae09ec5 |
hal-gnome-0.4.2-6.EL4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: c820f2aa796855f7768f7caf98fe6a5d203e8dd6ff99c821828916fe6cb3f2b9 |
i386 | |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d810b51524fba6ff63646e71136204c0789e4d9fcf65a616d6eb43eeb966d5dc |
hal-devel-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 47921f11f577d15e238a31679f753ce8fca3f0e1a02342d40689c69f8f1b2707 |
hal-gnome-0.4.2-6.EL4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e8e50f6cd3cac8f470802d1db6d9b1551be05502dc88c3a5e17d72a7ebefb51c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 687666be8df2d5b4993b5bf4fa300278798123c392cf7bc938833dab4cf66959 |
s390x | |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: abd880a01d0b627466613f681bd3dd43e1f0e72c5199e38ae9159712941b0a64 |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c62c539d98b7a8f462b8ff16bfbde1c206772e75d68f39d8c4a00e0bbb17e202 |
hal-devel-0.4.2-6.EL4.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 2cf1086e5587a8aefc19f5f397d7137b5eaf6c108bd5443946a3e21e4dfa66f5 |
hal-gnome-0.4.2-6.EL4.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 76583073378c37c01aad5d361363359af705a1bec91e51bc181baf23ecab9055 |
s390 | |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: abd880a01d0b627466613f681bd3dd43e1f0e72c5199e38ae9159712941b0a64 |
hal-devel-0.4.2-6.EL4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: f895d5d023b54a5f097f5862c46c9efa9fc7bfc2928ae11c78440dd3dbecba8f |
hal-gnome-0.4.2-6.EL4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 447e43d7e085e1416062d9c2af7e87bf51fe1df77462d530314089e55b60a11f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 687666be8df2d5b4993b5bf4fa300278798123c392cf7bc938833dab4cf66959 |
ppc | |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 1bd5da343d6a1b4411513a7c5776fc0a6d84a07a19896125f8d0efde5b45c504 |
hal-0.4.2-6.EL4.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 5c915486080ab2b968cb9b1bd4bfdb370cc0481811d56c7af85922fcfbc2cfdc |
hal-devel-0.4.2-6.EL4.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 760246c429b657d0d576af733ce6c4378a1ee5aaaddcf864d3284b8d1369f2da |
hal-gnome-0.4.2-6.EL4.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: b4897de45aec1edc23b2f3c9da1375833f519296d3201bf5ab621d3f41c5d3fe |
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