- Issued:
- 2008-05-21
- Updated:
- 2008-05-21
RHBA-2007:0496 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
SOS bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated sos package that fixes various bugs and adds several
enhancements is now available.
Description
SOS is a set of tools that gathers information about system
hardware and configuration. The information can then be used for
diagnostic purposes and debugging. SOS is commonly used to help
support technicians and developers.
Bugs fixed in this updated package include:
- sosreport did not terminate cleanly on ^C.
- sosreport multi-threaded option sometimes failed.
- sosreport did not have a man page.
Features added in this release include:
- The command line -o option allows specifying which plugins to run.
- a progress indicator was added.
- Information about xen environment is collected.
- Information related to the new driver update model is gathered.
- sosreport now collects rpm-va output by default.
Users should upgrade to this updated sos 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/FAQ_58_10188
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 - 219667 - sosreport does not terminate cleanly on ^C
- BZ - 219669 - sosreport multi-threaded option sometimes fails
- BZ - 219671 - RFE for sosreport - allow specification of plugins to be run
- BZ - 219672 - RFE - show progress while sosreport is running
- BZ - 219673 - Add xen information gathering to sosreport
- BZ - 219675 - Collect information related to the new driver update model
- BZ - 219745 - sosreport needs a man page
- BZ - 219877 - 'Cancel' button during option selection only cancels selection
- BZ - 233375 - Make SOS flag the situation when running on a fully virtualized guest, but with a -xen kernel
- BZ - 234873 - rhel5 sos needs to include rpm-va by default
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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sos-1.5-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7887d4c1337b19868f6cabdafe4b747aabcf5cd7fae64b9bb2c3d6fd2c7436fd |
x86_64 | |
sos-1.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1a97a86a85df60ade8b15391959c900cbeb2248a409ed1be589386df39b72560 |
ia64 | |
sos-1.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1a97a86a85df60ade8b15391959c900cbeb2248a409ed1be589386df39b72560 |
i386 | |
sos-1.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1a97a86a85df60ade8b15391959c900cbeb2248a409ed1be589386df39b72560 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
sos-1.5-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7887d4c1337b19868f6cabdafe4b747aabcf5cd7fae64b9bb2c3d6fd2c7436fd |
x86_64 | |
sos-1.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1a97a86a85df60ade8b15391959c900cbeb2248a409ed1be589386df39b72560 |
i386 | |
sos-1.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1a97a86a85df60ade8b15391959c900cbeb2248a409ed1be589386df39b72560 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
sos-1.5-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7887d4c1337b19868f6cabdafe4b747aabcf5cd7fae64b9bb2c3d6fd2c7436fd |
x86_64 | |
sos-1.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1a97a86a85df60ade8b15391959c900cbeb2248a409ed1be589386df39b72560 |
i386 | |
sos-1.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1a97a86a85df60ade8b15391959c900cbeb2248a409ed1be589386df39b72560 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
sos-1.5-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7887d4c1337b19868f6cabdafe4b747aabcf5cd7fae64b9bb2c3d6fd2c7436fd |
s390x | |
sos-1.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1a97a86a85df60ade8b15391959c900cbeb2248a409ed1be589386df39b72560 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
sos-1.5-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7887d4c1337b19868f6cabdafe4b747aabcf5cd7fae64b9bb2c3d6fd2c7436fd |
ppc | |
sos-1.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1a97a86a85df60ade8b15391959c900cbeb2248a409ed1be589386df39b72560 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
sos-1.5-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7887d4c1337b19868f6cabdafe4b747aabcf5cd7fae64b9bb2c3d6fd2c7436fd |
x86_64 | |
sos-1.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1a97a86a85df60ade8b15391959c900cbeb2248a409ed1be589386df39b72560 |
i386 | |
sos-1.5-1.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1a97a86a85df60ade8b15391959c900cbeb2248a409ed1be589386df39b72560 |
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