RHBA-2011:1703 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated yum-utils packages that fix several bugs and add one enhancement are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The yum-utils packages provide a collection of utilities and examples for the
Yum package manager.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• When using the previous version of the yum-groups-manager utility, an attempt

to use the "-c" (or "--config") command line option to specify an alternative
configuration file failed, and the utility incorrectly used the default
/etc/yum.conf file. This update adapts the underlying source code to correct
this error, and yum-groups-manager now accepts alternative configuration files
as expected. (BZ#694188)

• Prior to this update, when the yumdownloader utility failed to download a

requested package, it incorrectly exited with a status of 0. With this update,
yumdownloader exits with a non-zero status in these situations. (BZ#699470)

• Due to an error in the detection of the return value of an internal method,

the previous version of the yum-builddep utility failed to exit with a non-zero
exit status when it encountered an error. This update applies a patch that
ensures the return value of the aforementioned method is correctly evaluated,
and when an error is encountered, yum-builddep now exits with a non-zero status
as expected. (BZ#709043)

• Previously, when a user executed the reposync utility with the "-r" (or

"--repoid") command line option, the utility incorrectly used repositories that
were enabled in the configuration. This update applies a patch to make sure
these command line options work correctly. (BZ#713108)

• When using the priorities plug-in, running the "yum update" command may have

incorrectly failed to offer some packages for update. This update corrects this
error, and the priorities plug-in no longer prevents "yum update" from fully
updating the system. (BZ#734428)

• Prior to this update, certain commands in the EXAMPLES sections of the

repoquery(1), show-installed(1), yum-filter-data(1), yum-groups-manager(1),
yum-list-data(1), and yum-verify(1) manual pages used incorrect glyphs for
single quotes. Consequent to this, an attempt to copy such a command and run it
on the command line failed with an error. This update ensures that all command
examples now use typewriter straight single quotes as expected. (BZ#659740)

• Various typos in the yum-security(8) manual page have been corrected.

(BZ#720967)

As well, this update adds the following enhancement:

• Source repository patterns for Red Hat Network (RHN) have been added to the

yumdownloader and yum-builddep utilities. (BZ#710469)

All users of yum-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix these bugs.

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 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 - 659740 - MAN: yum-verify man page uses 'pretty' quotes in examples, and thus they don't work
• BZ - 690252 - Running "keys-info" plugin command causes traceback
• BZ - 694188 - yum-groups-manager ignores config file specified on command line
• BZ - 699470 - yumdownloader returns 0 when it is unsuccessful downloading the package you asked it for
• BZ - 709043 - yum-builddep doesn't check the return code from doUtilBuildTransaction ... mock failures
• BZ - 710469 - RFE: adjust yum-downloader logic for source repos in CDN
• BZ - 713108 - reposync -l -r <repoid> do not work with RHN channels
• BZ - 720967 - typos in yum-plugin-security man page
• BZ - 734428 - yum update confused when using priorities

CVEs

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References

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