RHBA-2011:1565 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated anaconda package that fixes several bugs and adds various
enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The anaconda package contains portions of the Anaconda installation program that
can be run by the user for reconfiguration and advanced installation options.

Bug fixes:

• Issues with "interactive" mode partitioning are fixed. (BZ#641861)
• The network command is parsed correctly. (BZ#731274)
• The /boot partition on EFI systems is handled correctly. (BZ#689996)
• Files that are necessary for libreport and SSL installation mode have been

added. (BZ#705274)

• Symbolic links to LVM commands have been added to the rescue image.

(BZ#676404)

• The /sbin/cio_ignore command is added to initrd.img for IBM System z.

(BZ#730650)

• Support for dracut-style "rdloaddriver=" and "rdblacklist=" parameters is

added. (BZ#689029)

• Support for static addresses in "ipv6=" is added. (BZ#679108)
• A testing framework for stub commands is added. (BZ#706099)
• Driver disks support multiple kernel versions and are also built for Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 6.0 and 6.1. (BZ#699745)

• Network connection is brought up before saving a bug report. (BZ#668570)
• Errors in .treeinfo are detected. (BZ#715130)
• The xhost authentication is changed when performing live installation.

(BZ#698282)

• Debugging improvements in loader and package installation code have been made.

(BZ#664981, BZ#726804)

• The dialog box focus and initialization have been corrected. (BZ#679810)
• The iSCSI Login button is disabled when no nodes are selected. (BZ#701220)
• When a mount point is set to /boot, the file system type is no longer changed.

(BZ#695362)

• EDD handling improvements have been made, including Xen and CCISS. (BZ#728280,

BZ#725777, BZ#723194, BZ#723344, BZ#694800, BZ#621175)

• Extended partitions are handled correctly. (BZ#698429)
• Handling of "network --device=bootif" is corrected. (BZ#681803)
• Centering of the Anaconda window when an external display is present is

corrected. (BZ#750764)

• Encrypted device lines written to kickstart files are corrected. (BZ#605938)
• zFCP multipath devices can be added in the user interface as expected.

(BZ#618535)

• iSCSI discovery that returns no devices is handled correctly. (BZ#732380)
• Systems with more than 2147483647 kB of memory are handled properly.

(BZ#704593)

• The header image is hidden on all but 800x600 displays. (BZ#712487)
• The "noprobe" parameter for driver disks is honored. (BZ#690058)
• The "linksleep=" boot parameter is honored. (BZ#713991)
• Installation sources (including NFS ISO storages) are mounted correctly.

(BZ#699640)

• Processes in the anaconda process group are killed when the system is shut

down. (BZ#679397)

• Partitioning alignment is corrected. (BZ#693271)
• Progress indicator improvements for device discovery and command line mode

have been made. (BZ#616641)

• Kickstart network failures and device name collisions are handled properly.

(BZ#691817, BZ#690748)

• The "crashkernel=" parameter in a kickstart file is handled properly.

(BZ#691910)

• Support for the "ext4migrate" parameter has been removed. (BZ#712195)
• The language and keyboard selection screens are now skipped in stage2 when

possible. (BZ#706675)

• Device capacity values are sorted as numbers, not characters. (BZ#614504)
• Swap partitions are handled correctly. (BZ#695740)
• The "--target" option is used in kickstart files for iSCSI devices.

(BZ#676118)

• Various multipath and raid storage bugs are fixed. (BZ#701371, BZ#696876,

BZ#674241, BZ#734374, BZ#729716)

• Anaconda verifies that devices specified with "part" can be partitioned.

(BZ#679073)

Enhancements:

• Vendor-provided tools on driver disks are now allowed. (BZ#659790)
• The initrd.img file is compressed with LZMA. (BZ#694198)
• The "noverifyssl" boot parameter is added. (BZ#696696)
• The tboot package is configured when it is installed. (BZ#697419)
• Multipath device can now be specified using WWID. (BZ#709653)

Users of anaconda should upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs
and adds these enhancements.

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 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 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 x86_64
• 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 - 614504 - Capacity column in filter UI doesn't sort correctly
• BZ - 618535 - UI is not populated correctly when using "Add Advanced Target" button to add a multipath device
• BZ - 621175 - anaconda chooses incorrect boot device while running in KVM with mixed virtio/ide disks
• BZ - 641861 - Interactive install results in multiple root vg groups
• BZ - 656378 - The Media Check should explicitly mention it has ejected the cdrom
• BZ - 668570 - Attempting to submit (scp or bugzilla) an exception report fails if networking not active
• BZ - 673048 - Storage Device Warning Dialog: Missing accel keys
• BZ - 674241 - Anaconda should not set the alias of multipath devices to mpath<x>
• BZ - 676025 - anaconda crashes in text mode on creating boot loader
• BZ - 676118 - iscsi --target kickstart option not actually used
• BZ - 676404 - Improve supportability by adding lvm command symlinks into rescue shell to avoid having to preface command with "lvm"
• BZ - 677263 - [RFE] target multipath devices for partitioning by their wwid
• BZ - 679058 - Duplicate shortcut characters in Add Repository dialog
• BZ - 679073 - kickstart processing should fail gracefully if trying to partition a device with no media in it.
• BZ - 681803 - stage2 doesn't process "bootif" value of network --device in kickstart correctly
• BZ - 682599 - [zh_TW] A translated string 'Scalable file system support' turns into untranslated string after cancellation of Modify repository operation
• BZ - 688314 - Exception when 'text ext4migrate' given as boot args during upgrade
• BZ - 689081 - Kickstart network command does not respect --mtu
• BZ - 689520 - mpath errors due to faulty hardware should not cause an Anaconda traceback
• BZ - 689996 - /boot on LVM with EFI system results in traceback
• BZ - 691817 - ValueError: name already in use
• BZ - 693732 - imount.c: in mountCommandWrapper() we close the pipe descriptors too soon
• BZ - 695362 - Selected filesystem is changed to ext4 for /boot partition
• BZ - 695740 - swap partitions should be indicated by UUID
• BZ - 696876 - multipath: Anaconda does not recognize 'mpatha' in the ignoredisk kickstart command
• BZ - 697849 - Wrong label in iSCSI Nodes Login dialog
• BZ - 698282 - Crash after selecting timezone
• BZ - 700804 - Cannot change "Number of spares" in RAID until "RAID Level" is modified
• BZ - 701220 - iSCSI login dialog allows unselecting all devices and continuing - unable to login to any iSCSI devices after
• BZ - 704378 - UEFI SAN-boot installation fails on IBM 3650 M2 and M3
• BZ - 705274 - use the new libreport library instead of report
• BZ - 706099 - Write test cases for command-stubs commands
• BZ - 706675 - Keyboard language can be selected too late in installation process
• BZ - 712195 - remove 'ext4migrate' option
• BZ - 715130 - EPEL mirror list crashes Anaconda in Kickstart Script.
• BZ - 716920 - console fails to work in stage2
• BZ - 718099 - Error: `/mnt/sysimage/usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/UTC` and `/mnt/sysimage/etc/localtime` are the same file
• BZ - 722276 - [RHEL 6.1] Anaconda requires user interaction in case of kickstart network activation failing
• BZ - 723976 - /boot/efi from USB boot media is picked up by storage
• BZ - 725777 - traceback in edd.py: not enough arguments for format string
• BZ - 726804 - anaconda shows 'processing xxxx' text on background during text mode
• BZ - 728280 - TypeError: %d format: a number is required, not NoneType
• BZ - 729716 - Can select more spares than raid partitions available
• BZ - 730650 - cio_ignore not included in installation initramdisk
• BZ - 732380 - TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable (during iscsi discovery)
• BZ - 733299 - Rescan and show network devices after clearing blacklist in linuxrc
• BZ - 734374 - boot from SAN will got different mount point with mpath name.
• BZ - 737094 - ERROR: Not a Xen-ELF image: No ELF notes or '__xen_guest' section found
• BZ - 747388 - xenfs module missing from installer initrd

CVEs

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References

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