RHBA-2011:0681 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated PackageKit packages that fix multiple bugs are now available.

Description

PackageKit is a D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the session user to
manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distribution,
cross-architecture API.

This update addresses the following bugs:

• Both Mozilla Firefox and the packagekit-plugin included different

versions of sqlite in their dependencies. This could cause crashes in
Firefox when attempting to use the PackageKit web plug-in to access
application icons, since the plug-in attempted to use its version of sqlite
to query PkDesktop. This query attempt has been removed, and the web
plug-in now works as expected, without crashing Firefox. (BZ#617734)

• An error message was incorrectly displayed when the cron script

packagekit-background.cron was disabled. As this is a configuration
option, not an error, the message is no longer displayed in this
situation. (BZ#626867)

• Under some circumstances, the Add/Remove Software (gpk-application)

graphical user interface does not display Supplementary groups or
packages when the Supplementary group is selected. To work around this,
use the System > Refresh Package Lists option to refresh the package lists.
(BZ#629049)

• An error in a changelog entry prevented updates to PackageKit. This

error has been corrected. (BZ#634560)

• A critical warning is displayed erroneously when attempting to install

a local package with pkcon, the command line PackageKit tool. This warning
is no longer displayed erroneously. (BZ#667923)

• gpk-update-viewer failed to process updates when used in conjunction

with yum version 3.2.29 because it attempted to perform the same
repository setup twice if the "prerepoconf" attribute was not set. This
resulted in an error:

AttributeError: 'PackageKitYumBase' object has no attribute 'prerepoconf'

PackageKit logic has now been altered so that this does not occur, and
updates are now processed as expected. This issue was discovered and
corrected during development, and was not seen in production systems
in the field. (BZ#670163)

Users of PackageKit are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which resolve 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
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 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 Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 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 - 617734 - Crash in firefox using PackageKit-browser-plugin
• BZ - 629049 - yum doesn't detect groups in the Red Hat Enterprise linux Supplementary category comps data
• BZ - 634560 - Updates blocked due to a package's bad changelog entry
• BZ - 667923 - Critical glib warning when running pkcon install-local

CVEs

(none)

References

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