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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2009:1306 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2009-09-02
Updated:
2009-09-02

RHBA-2009:1306 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

anaconda bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

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

Description

Anaconda is the system installer.

These updated anaconda packages provide fixes for the following bugs:

  • a write-protected SD card could cause an installation failure even when

the mount point was de-selected in the Disk Druid. (BZ#471883)

  • Anaconda occasionally attempted to delete nonexistent snapshots, which

caused installation to fail. (BZ#433824)

  • if a boot file was retrieved via DHCP, Anaconda now saves it so that it

can later be used to construct the default Kickstart file if the user boots
with "ks" as a boot parameter. (BZ#448006)

  • driver disk locations can now be specified using the "dd=[URL]" option,

where [URL] is an FTP, HTTP or NFS location. (BZ#454478)

  • the bootloader can now be located in the MBR on a software RAID1 boot

partition. (BZ#475973)

  • Anaconda now installs multipath packages so that multipath devices work

as expected following first reboot. (BZ#466614)

  • Anaconda prompted for the time zone even when the time zone was correctly

specified in the Kickstart file. (BZ#481617)

  • on Itanium systems, the time stamps of installed files and directories

were in the future. (BZ#485200)

  • the iSCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) now works with Challenge-Handshake

Authentication Protocol (CHAP) and reverse-CHAP setups. (BZ#497438)

  • Anaconda now correctly sets the umask on device nodes. (BZ#383531)
  • following a manual installation during which IPv6 was configured, the

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-[interface] file (such as ifcfg-eth0)
did not contain those IPv6 network details. (BZ#445394)

  • Anaconda now correctly handles LAN channel station (LCS) devices.

(BZ#471101)

  • when using autostep mode with a Kickstart configuration file, Anaconda

incorrectly prompted for a root password even when the root password was
designated as encrypted. (BZ#471122)

  • empty repositories caused installation to fail. (BZ#476182)
  • large numbers of tape drives in the Kickstart file are now handled

correctly. (BZ#476186)

  • hyphenated MAC address formats in the Kickstart file (e.g.

"ksdevice=00-11-22-33-44-55") are now allowed. (BZ#480309)

  • an unexpected exception during Logical Unit Number (LUN) selection caused

installation to fail. (BZ#475271)

  • when installing on a low-memory system or virtual machine over HTTP or

FTP, a non-present "lspci" binary caused installation to fail. (BZ#476476)

  • Anaconda now correctly adds the user to the default group, and groups

specified by "--groups", when performing a Kickstart installation.
(BZ#454418)

  • the "cmdline" option, which specifies a non-Ncurses installation, is now

honored in the Kickstart file. (BZ#456325)

  • Kickstart file download from an anonymous FTP site is now possible.

(BZ#477536)

In addition, these updated packages provide the following enhancements:

  • default configuration values are now suggested during System z

installation. (BZ#475350)

  • hardware device descriptions have been enhanced to reflect expanded

hardware support. (BZ#498511)

  • the Mellanox ConnectX mt26448 10Gb/E driver is now supported. (BZ#514971)
  • the mpt2sas driver is now supported. (BZ#475671)
  • the Emulex Tiger Shark converged network adatper is now supported.

(BZ#496875)

  • the Marvell RAID bus controller MV64460/64461/64462 and Emulex OneConnect

10GbE NIC devices are now supported. (BZ#493179)

  • the IGB Virtual Function driver is now supported. (BZ#502875)
  • installation on RAID10 devices is now supported. (BZ#467996)
  • non-fatal errors and conditions are now ignored when installing from a

Kickstart file. (BZ#455465)

  • stale LVM metadata can now be removed with the "--clearpart" option.

(BZ#462615)

  • to aid in identifying the network card, an option to blink its LED for 5

minutes is now present. (BZ#473747)

  • IPv6 address validation on S/390 installations has been improved.

(BZ#460579)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated anaconda 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/docs/DOC-11259

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 - 383531 - Anaconda doesn't set correct permissions on /dev/null
  • BZ - 433824 - anaconda fails to install and throws exception
  • BZ - 445394 - ifcfg-eth0: IPV6ADDR=none after manual anaconda IPv6 setup
  • BZ - 448006 - kickstart cannot retrieve bootfile from dhcp
  • BZ - 451083 - pkgorder speed improvement
  • BZ - 456325 - cmdline kickstart option not honored
  • BZ - 465174 - Incorrect DNS format on s390 causes traceback
  • BZ - 466614 - [NetApp 5.4 bug] Installer fails to select iscsi package automatically during SANboot installation on multipath device.
  • BZ - 467996 - anaconda in rhel5 doesn't support md raid10
  • BZ - 471883 - Anaconda install fails with inserted SD card in write-protected mode
  • BZ - 472552 - RFE: build install errors out on failed loopback mount
  • BZ - 475271 - Unexpected exception while deselecting luns to install against
  • BZ - 475350 - [LTC 5.4 FEAT] Dialog defaults for Linux on System z specific Anaconda [201677]
  • BZ - 475973 - Allow installation of bootloader on MBR when /boot is on mdraid1
  • BZ - 476476 - regression: lspci missing from anaconda in minstg2.img
  • BZ - 477536 - URL installation requires password question for anonymous ftp
  • BZ - 481617 - RHEL 5.3 can't specify GMT timezone in kickstart
  • BZ - 482781 - update anaconda spec file for correct URL
  • BZ - 490735 - nl_cache_get_first() error strings on console during text install
  • BZ - 493179 - mvsas driver requires install support
  • BZ - 497438 - ibft must works with chap and reverse chap setups
  • BZ - 498511 - Update RHEL5.4 Anaconda to reflect expanded hw support for lpfc driver
  • BZ - 498935 - Unqualified exec not allowed in function "run"
  • BZ - 499824 - Error while formatting mapper/luks-VolGroup00-LogVol00
  • BZ - 500431 - lvcreate fails using --grow on small disks
  • BZ - 500775 - anaconda crashes in loader when getting IP address
  • BZ - 502438 - Anaconda fails with traceback on pvremove
  • BZ - 502875 - Add support for IGB VF device
  • BZ - 504034 - [QLOGIC 5.4] Include qlge anaconda strings
  • BZ - 510397 - image generation fails to include libdrm so r500 driver fails.
  • BZ - 510634 - update support for ext4 in anaconda

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.src.rpm SHA-256: 1789d5e61a39d35702b5f94783246c427fa0bb8225ac2adbdc9d01d2a1eb5d49
x86_64
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 40ea5ce4bd2139cb8846964d3f534c1d34d99351ae398c36b40a4eb245b5ece6
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.195-1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e106ba3f4cdaed984f5fb30fdb6e0f28da5195de0f9bdedc4f5752be38e3d041
ia64
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 8e78ef40f89a8b667b5928d62962fd5cbec22b4c35e83ee88ecfda021589f099
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.195-1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 4486c4a83c2a64b5dfdd22654351d6f11414d9c3c2f35d02f488dc29009a7b89
i386
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.i386.rpm SHA-256: cb587ca352cbbc20953ad80a08cd6b575595f5547378c748d0660ee2e2728803
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.195-1.i386.rpm SHA-256: de952160b47933d5483ab69a6db622b3a87beb670ae718e64211ce7fd45440ff

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.src.rpm SHA-256: 1789d5e61a39d35702b5f94783246c427fa0bb8225ac2adbdc9d01d2a1eb5d49
x86_64
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 40ea5ce4bd2139cb8846964d3f534c1d34d99351ae398c36b40a4eb245b5ece6
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.195-1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e106ba3f4cdaed984f5fb30fdb6e0f28da5195de0f9bdedc4f5752be38e3d041
i386
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.i386.rpm SHA-256: cb587ca352cbbc20953ad80a08cd6b575595f5547378c748d0660ee2e2728803
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.195-1.i386.rpm SHA-256: de952160b47933d5483ab69a6db622b3a87beb670ae718e64211ce7fd45440ff

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.src.rpm SHA-256: 1789d5e61a39d35702b5f94783246c427fa0bb8225ac2adbdc9d01d2a1eb5d49
x86_64
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 40ea5ce4bd2139cb8846964d3f534c1d34d99351ae398c36b40a4eb245b5ece6
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.195-1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e106ba3f4cdaed984f5fb30fdb6e0f28da5195de0f9bdedc4f5752be38e3d041
i386
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.i386.rpm SHA-256: cb587ca352cbbc20953ad80a08cd6b575595f5547378c748d0660ee2e2728803
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.195-1.i386.rpm SHA-256: de952160b47933d5483ab69a6db622b3a87beb670ae718e64211ce7fd45440ff

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.src.rpm SHA-256: 1789d5e61a39d35702b5f94783246c427fa0bb8225ac2adbdc9d01d2a1eb5d49
s390x
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 95161b26d52c6a0a0f32f65e2f9fd01e78b9ac889e600ecdf36ed4dee3ae0214
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.195-1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: cc0c08162715e1eafcfc8b8b12e543881a2873626210f909f3290c8beac86d84

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.src.rpm SHA-256: 1789d5e61a39d35702b5f94783246c427fa0bb8225ac2adbdc9d01d2a1eb5d49
ppc
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: d9bc8e2cedd9aa18087f33fd646ff7a7e23ea5542fd767304b3cb7b05e22a0c3
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.195-1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 8cde9495330afb4ec5375922cdc45be51ba7dbe4536da949b890c8ef009e7a78

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.src.rpm SHA-256: 1789d5e61a39d35702b5f94783246c427fa0bb8225ac2adbdc9d01d2a1eb5d49
x86_64
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 40ea5ce4bd2139cb8846964d3f534c1d34d99351ae398c36b40a4eb245b5ece6
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.195-1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e106ba3f4cdaed984f5fb30fdb6e0f28da5195de0f9bdedc4f5752be38e3d041
i386
anaconda-11.1.2.195-1.i386.rpm SHA-256: cb587ca352cbbc20953ad80a08cd6b575595f5547378c748d0660ee2e2728803
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.195-1.i386.rpm SHA-256: de952160b47933d5483ab69a6db622b3a87beb670ae718e64211ce7fd45440ff

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