Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2010:0846 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2010-11-10
Updated:
2010-11-10

RHBA-2010:0846 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

yum bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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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.

This updated yum package includes fixes for the following bugs:

  • Previously, yum treated packages that provide kernel-modules as install-only

packages. With this update, the install-only option has been removed.
(BZ#634974)

  • Previously, the "/var/cache/yum/" directory kept accumulating multiple

'.sqlite' files and never cleaned them out. With this update, the '.sqlite' are
automatically cleaned up. (BZ#637086)

All users of yum 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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 634974 - Z-stream needed on yum installonly kernel-modules handling
  • BZ - 637086 - /var/cache/yum periodically filling up

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 6692200e4574c968a9e31b4ffae2eae271863ac0e961ddec62cf65796e694974
x86_64
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c
i386
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 6692200e4574c968a9e31b4ffae2eae271863ac0e961ddec62cf65796e694974
x86_64
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c
i386
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 6692200e4574c968a9e31b4ffae2eae271863ac0e961ddec62cf65796e694974
x86_64
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c
i386
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 6692200e4574c968a9e31b4ffae2eae271863ac0e961ddec62cf65796e694974
x86_64
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c
i386
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 6692200e4574c968a9e31b4ffae2eae271863ac0e961ddec62cf65796e694974
s390x
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 6692200e4574c968a9e31b4ffae2eae271863ac0e961ddec62cf65796e694974
ppc64
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 6692200e4574c968a9e31b4ffae2eae271863ac0e961ddec62cf65796e694974
x86_64
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 6692200e4574c968a9e31b4ffae2eae271863ac0e961ddec62cf65796e694974
x86_64
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c
i386
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 6692200e4574c968a9e31b4ffae2eae271863ac0e961ddec62cf65796e694974
s390x
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 6692200e4574c968a9e31b4ffae2eae271863ac0e961ddec62cf65796e694974
x86_64
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c
i386
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 6692200e4574c968a9e31b4ffae2eae271863ac0e961ddec62cf65796e694974
s390x
yum-3.2.27-14.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e4a4ef3f8b255dbe6220c0ae8a44d9085e18a8b32243ff9f94d392231822017c

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