RHBA-2008:0397 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated anaconda packages that fix several bugs and add enhancements are
now available.

Description

The anaconda packages contain the program which was used to install your
system.

These updated packages fix the following bugs:

• allow users to go backwards past the installation key dialog.
• handle missing FTP files the same way as missing HTTP files.
• do not display network cards as UNCONFIGURED in the text mode interface.
• if the boot protocol is DHCP, unset any static settings.
• running pkgorder on non-base products caused a traceback.
• adding zFCP disks without specifying details caused a traceback.
• catch LVM tools errors when creating logical volumes.
• do not add a trailing "1" to file system labels.
• list iSCSI multipath devices in the installer GUI.
• fix selected device when adding an advanced storage device.
• F12 did not work for the network configuration screen during text

installs.

• write out "IPV6INIT=" to network-scripts.
• close MD devices to fix RAID tracebacks.
• use input %packages section for anaconda-ks.cfg.
• be more accepting in which strings are waited for from SSHD.
• allow the use of double quotes in the PXE boot configuration.
• read network card information before showing the configuration window.
• the back button did not work on the network configuration screen.
• get the LCS interface name correctly.
• include more terminfo files to fix IBM S/390 telnet mode.
• fix Kickstart docs for "--dhcpclass" parameter.
• fix traceback when displaying autopartition error messages.
• fix comparison of unusual network interface names.
• populate the Kickstart file dialog with the original value.
• make the man pages work in rescue mode.
• sort package list in text mode.
• do not eject the CD before the %post scripts are run.
• fix iSCSI so that mkinitrd can talk to the running daemon.
• include python-iniparse in stage2 for pirut.
• update the information contained in .treeinfo files.
• set the format flag for new volume groups.
• remove old IP addresses from interfaces upon re-configuration.
• propagate hostname from stage 1 to stage 2 on IBM System z.
• include libnssutil3.so in the initrd for IBM System z.
• use libnl to read MAC and IP addresses.
• fix usage of minstg2 versus stage2 in low-mem cases.
• fix tracebacks when enabling repositories not allowed by the installation

key.

• fix errors in the network configuration UI flow.
• write the correct /etc/fstab so that iSCSI file systems can be checked.
• do not rebuild initrd images for all installed kernels if no extra

modules are installed.

• fix error reporting when bootable partitions are on logical volumes.
• fix error reporting for RPM transaction errors.
• do not prompt twice for network configuration on iSCSI HTTP installs.
• update .discinfo file for Itanium hypervisor kernels.
• allow GPT on PowerPC and 64-bit PowerPC.
• make sure DHCP works in rescue mode.

As well, these updated packages add the following enhancements:

• support for iSCSI iBFT.
• support for the MPTCTL, ixgbe, and bnx2x drivers.
• add spufs support.
• support for specifying the DHCP timeout.
• new option for selecting a different comps file.
• add nicdelay parameter.
• support SHA-256 and SHA-512 password encoding from Kickstart.
• support network --bootproto=query in Kickstart installs.
• add the maketreeinfo.py script.

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues
and add these enhancements.

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 - 218273 - DHCP still on after changing network settings
• BZ - 218489 - Old static entries in ifcfg-eth0 prevent dhclient from setting default route.
• BZ - 237508 - LCS device not found at install
• BZ - 243443 - man pages do not work in rescue mode
• BZ - 243524 - Installer misses some IPv6 configuration items
• BZ - 245936 - Missing kickstart file dialog full of garbage
• BZ - 246135 - Exception raised when using anaconda locally (with rootpath) and weird interface names
• BZ - 248910 - RHEL5 kickstart manual says --class but it should be --dhcpclass.
• BZ - 252349 - Cannot back up past Installation Number
• BZ - 253992 - backport maketreeinfo.py
• BZ - 280101 - generated anaconda-ks.cfg %packages differs from %packages in kickstart
• BZ - 303681 - LTC31785-Installer only has hardware address for the first 10 ethernet cards
• BZ - 350421 - CVE-2007-3919 xen xenmon.py / xenbaked insecure temporary file accesss
• BZ - 350911 - LTC39928: 201214: Add/enable driver ixgbe in the boot/install environment with kudzu, anaconda, etc.
• BZ - 391951 - [NetApp 5.2 bug] root on multipath (iSCSI) not supported in Anaconda
• BZ - 401531 - [RHEL 5] RHEL5.1 kickstart CD doesn't ask for static ip information
• BZ - 415861 - kickstart install creates incorrect labels by appending a trailing "1"
• BZ - 428180 - Traceback when adding zFCP disk without specifying details
• BZ - 429902 - KeyError: 'LIBUSER_CONF'
• BZ - 429968 - Anaconda stage 1 installer does NOT work with network installs on ports about eth10
• BZ - 430212 - Error occured when attempting to load GroupSelectionWindow
• BZ - 430237 - AttributeError: Users instance has no attribute 'createLuserConf'
• BZ - 431904 - AttributeError: 'iscsi' object has no attribute 'iscsidStarted'
• BZ - 431924 - RuntimeError: Error running : Permission denied
• BZ - 432006 - TypeError: populateSack() got an unexpected keyword argument 'with'
• BZ - 432011 - stage1 is unable to proceed after returing back from manual IPv6 address selection
• BZ - 432035 - ifcfg-eth0: IPV6ADDR=none after manual anaconda IPv6 setup
• BZ - 432635 - UnboundLocalError: local variable 'desc' referenced before assignment
• BZ - 433276 - AttributeError: iscsiTarget instance has no attribute 'LoginToNode'
• BZ - 435173 - Traceback when performing CDROM install on iBFT enabled iSCSI system
• BZ - 435716 - iscsi root device never gets fscked when there's an i/o error
• BZ - 435978 - Rescue mode networking fails to start
• BZ - 435998 - anaconda traceback in migrateFilesystems after filesystems are formatted but before packages are installed
• BZ - 437773 - Performing http installation method prompts to enable networking when adding iSCSI volume
• BZ - 437813 - Error running transaction - no reason
• BZ - 438683 - cmdline kickstarts halt when GPT label exists
• BZ - 439270 - failure to select /boot terminates install
• BZ - 439379 - Broken bootloader config for Xen after system upgrade
• BZ - 440053 - ia64 .treeinfo includes xen boot images in wrong section
• BZ - 441922 - anaconda needs to be rebuilt with latest libnl
• BZ - 441940 - latest glibc breaks anaconda build
• BZ - 442020 - NameError: global name 'anaconda' is not defined

CVEs

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References

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