RHBA-2010:0759 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated module-init-tools package that provides a bug fix is now available.

Description

The module-init-tools package provides various utilities used to manage the
loading and administration of Linux Kernel Modules.

This updated package addresses the following bug:

• When a Driver Update package (that is, one of the various "kmod" packages) is

updated, a symbolic link is recreated in the weak-updates directory to correlate
with the compatible kernel. However, previous version of the module-init-tools
package introduced a bug, which caused it not to create these links again once
they were removed during the update process. This update ensures that such weak
links are created properly, and upgrading Driver Update packages now works as
expected. (BZ#638855)

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/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 - 638855 - weak-modules fails to create weak links when updating kmod packages

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)