RHBA-2010:0254 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated yum package that fixes various bugs is now available.

Description

Yum is a utility that can check for and automatically download and install
updated RPM packages. Dependencies are obtained and downloaded
automatically, prompting the user for permission as necessary.

Bugs fixed in these updated packages include:

• fix bugtracker URL. (BZ#528738)
• fix return code error during 'yum reinstall'. (BZ#528746)
• remove slow edge case from compare_providers. (BZ#529233)
• add base package name check to compare_providers(). (BZ#529719)
• fix instant downloads crash. (BZ#517286)
• fix exit regression when updating packages that do not exist. (BZ#521008)
• show obsoletes in check-update, if obsoletes flag is on. (BZ#526064)

All yum users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these
issues.

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 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 - 517286 - Yum crashes if download of a package is too quick
• BZ - 521008 - [5.4] yum returns the error when updating the package which doesn't exist.
• BZ - 523135 - circular obsoletes in mstflint, perftest, and tvflash (again!)
• BZ - 526064 - yum check-update ignores --obsoletes parameter
• BZ - 528738 - Change the default bugtracker_url
• BZ - 528746 - Fix the return code for "yum reinstall"
• BZ - 529233 - YumBase.bestPackagesFromList() very slow in yum versions 3.2.22 and 3.2.23
• BZ - 529719 - RFE: Backport changes that enhance Yum's compare_providers
• BZ - 548582 - Doing lots of weird stuff with source repos. and excludes can crash yum
• BZ - 559164 - Bad patch backport, uses yumdb which isn't in RHEL-5 == crash on reinstall of unavailable packages

CVEs

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References

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