- Issued:
- 2009-09-02
- Updated:
- 2009-09-02
RHBA-2009:1386 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
yaboot bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated yaboot package that fixes a bug and adds an enhancement is now
available.
Description
The yaboot package is a boot loader for Open Firmware based PowerPC
systems. It can be used to boot IBM eServer System p machines.
This updated package fixes the following bug:
- previously the debuginfo rpm of yaboot was built but the built package
was empty. yaboot contains ELF objects but is neither a Linux nor a Mac OS
X executable file: it is meant to be executed by OpenFirmware only. With
this update the debuginfo rpm is, correctly, not built at all. (bz#500639)
This update also adds the following enhancement.
- support for handling IPv6 boot parameters has been added to yaboot, which
now supports booting and operating system installation over IPv6.
(bz#475807)
All PowerPC yaboot users are advised to upgrade to this updated 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/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 475807 - [LTC 5.4 FEAT] Support IPv6 boot/install through yaboot [201166]
- BZ - 500639 - yaboot-debuginfo is empty
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
yaboot-1.3.13-8.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 19f9251c5f9ab6109d0acff9dda3bdca3d52986dfefecc47d3195a1638602641 |
ppc | |
yaboot-1.3.13-8.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: f76efb9957784793b0a9070dbcc2eab0fb318651f0dbf5ed344cb35b6521fa4a |
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