RHBA-2009:1613 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated system-config-lvm package that fixes a bug is now available.

Description

The system-config-lvm package contains a utility for configuring logical
volumes via a graphical user interface.

This updated package fixes the following bug:

• in several non-English locales, clicking the Create New Logical Volume

button in the Logical Volume Management GUI (system-config-lvm) caused a
python error and did not present a Create New Logical Volume window as
expected. This made it impossible to use system-config-lvm to create new
logical volumes.

The Create New Logical Volume window includes a Filesystem combo box pop-up
menu which has 'None' selected and displayed by default. The error above
occurred on systems set to any locale which required non-ASCII characters
to present the translated equivalent of the English 'None'. This includes
locales such as Japanese (where the problem was reported in the field),
Serbian and Slovak. With this update, the combo box pop-up menu has been
corrected to enable the display of any UTF-8 character. In the affected
locales the Create New Logical Volume window now appears and works as
expected. (BZ#537022)

All system-config-lvm users are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which resolves this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the 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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.4 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 537022 - LVM volume cannot be create with system-config-lvm tool in Japanese environment

CVEs

(none)

References

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