Issued:
2012-02-20
Updated:
2012-02-20

RHBA-2012:0154 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

subscription-manager bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated subscription-manager packages that fix multiple bugs and add various
enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The Subscription Manager tool allows users to understand the specific products
which have been installed on their machines, and the specific subscriptions
which their machines are consuming.

These subscription-manager packages include numerous bug fixes and enhancements.
Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are
directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 Technical Notes for information on
the most significant of these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.8_Technical_Notes/subscription-manager.html#RHBA-2012-0154

All users of subscription-manager are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which provide numerous bug fixes and enhancements.

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 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 - 699970 - Translations for subscription-manager 5.7 release need to be complete.
  • BZ - 705883 - doubly nested dialogs loose focus
  • BZ - 706151 - Contains text field gets truncated in small windows
  • BZ - 708362 - Serial-key.pem is not getting removed after product unsubscribe .
  • BZ - 715174 - [ALL_LANG] Subscription Manager Firstboot GUI translation is not complete
  • BZ - 723248 - subscription-manager-gui is ignoring the quanties>1 on a pool with multi-entitlement
  • BZ - 727973 - Compliance Assistant Subscription Details Area Not Getting Cleared
  • BZ - 728380 - subscription-manager environments is not honoring the proxy command line options
  • BZ - 732509 - Can not import a certificate via the cli
  • BZ - 734114 - register with --org="foo bar" throws a NetworkException instead of a RestlibException
  • BZ - 734480 - [RFE] Add virt-who package to RHEVH
  • BZ - 736465 - "Product's Subscription Details" in the gui is neglecting stacked subscriptions
  • BZ - 736749 - may need a dbus-x11 package dependency for subscription-manager-gnome
  • BZ - 740377 - Stacking Partially Compliant / Yellow State is Broken
  • BZ - 740788 - Getting error with quantity subscribe using subscription-assistance page .
  • BZ - 744060 - autosubscribe is reporting the product certs' version instead of status in the rhsm.log
  • BZ - 745973 - Subscription Assistant shows nothing when it should
  • BZ - 745995 - Subscription Assistant Quantity 0 If Future Entitled
  • BZ - 746259 - Got ?Insufficient permissions? while register activationkey with ? =?
  • BZ - 746262 - Got Network error while subscribe quantity ?+2?
  • BZ - 746264 - ?exception caught in subscription-manager? while using config remove
  • BZ - 746732 - [or_IN][ja_JP][ko_KR] Next Update: value is not translated
  • BZ - 746781 - [ALL LANG] Column heading "Type" is not translated.
  • BZ - 749332 - subscription-manager returns different error messages for same issue
  • BZ - 749636 - subscription-manager register fails with consumerid and activationkey specified
  • BZ - 752423 - subscription-manager-gui fails to launch
  • BZ - 752572 - rhsmcertd logging statements for certFrequency and healFrequency got clobbered
  • BZ - 752852 - not all arguments converted during string formatting
  • BZ - 752854 - ValueError: too many values to unpack
  • BZ - 753941 - accessibility cannot access checkboxes in proxy config
  • BZ - 754366 - Registration using proxy option is failed with error "int argument required"
  • BZ - 754425 - Remove flex expiry code from client side
  • BZ - 754821 - default org name in factsgui.py is not marked for translation
  • BZ - 755130 - The REGISTERED_TO_OTHER_WARNING branding message was changed
  • BZ - 755541 - 'yum repolist' echo 'Unable to find consumer: ****'
  • BZ - 755861 - SM GUI : Not able to change quantity for multi entitlement subscription.
  • BZ - 756173 - unexpected behavior change in subscription-manager unregister
  • BZ - 756507 - unsupported locale setting causes subscription-manager-gui to traceback on startup on rhel 5.8
  • BZ - 758038 - Guest's system facts displays "virt.uuid: Unkown".
  • BZ - 758162 - migration script does not allow --force override when channels are missing from mapping file
  • BZ - 758471 - install-num-migrate-to-rhsm throws traceback when no instnum is found
  • BZ - 759069 - Got traceback while migration with -c option
  • BZ - 759199 - rhsmcertd is logging the wrong value for certFrequency
  • BZ - 760017 - Traceback displayed while migration with invalid ?installation number?
  • BZ - 761133 - Subscription Assistant dialog neglects to assist compliance of Partially Subscribed products.
  • BZ - 761140 - subscription manager toolbar gets truncated in firstboot
  • BZ - 761478 - system.entitlements_valid should be valid when viewing facts via GUI after subscribing a subscription
  • BZ - 765905 - add man pages for subscription-manager-migration
  • BZ - 766895 - Addition of hypervisorCheckIn call
  • BZ - 767265 - 'subscription-manager register' does not re-send installed packages
  • BZ - 768397 - subscription-manager facts --list fails when virt-what is not installed
  • BZ - 768415 - rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm extra channel enabling does not work on non x86_64 arches
  • BZ - 769433 - [ALL LANG] panel headings are not translated in firstboot
  • BZ - 769856 - confusing output from rhn-migrate-to-rhsm when autosubscribe fails
  • BZ - 771726 - man page for rhsm-compliance-icon should be re-authored to rhsm-icon
  • BZ - 772209 - ?Install-num-migrate-to-rhsm ? command not working as expected for I386 Box
  • BZ - 772338 - subscription-manager-gui Help documentation needs a review
  • BZ - 772921 - RHSM notification icon failure - closes subscription-manager-gui
  • BZ - 782549 - traceback can occur starting subscription-manager-gui with expired entitlements

CVEs

(none)

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
subscription-manager-0.98.14-1.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: d9365133d181c9cf80dfb0c56ef5e5a173cd53ddfc64ac575325b96a93ad7e25
x86_64
subscription-manager-0.98.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e481b1f8380bf3f16ce7acab4143dde236c1cfcf10d44a7eb9adb8f756e184c2
subscription-manager-firstboot-0.98.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 06f4dd695d010859259ef805c928c03ba9a0dec41abcfc3c2daed953a2b5ed5a
subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3f2602cb77c0e0faac203f1f7b9ba49476d38e27b7f17365f415956b8abe1151
subscription-manager-migration-0.98.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 958e4eab7ab800eeabed44492178b3a37f80021f0fc65463d5521984410c0d12
ia64
subscription-manager-0.98.14-1.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 112d65fec2629537342b3ab7cfe4f70c1bc2a837c3b829619284ec4b8b3f1f9f
subscription-manager-firstboot-0.98.14-1.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 24e0b040205ab01269eea94002c4c7c44528d579d800ba042a3895eb07bed420
subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.14-1.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: b0d9f584f39a715fcb97d2145e38890d2feb97d3e1f00143e3e023fdf2db0281
subscription-manager-migration-0.98.14-1.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 86290148c56d850eb0738fa6ebe7e804c4393e8fc05a4fb731cdac0988360b91
i386
subscription-manager-0.98.14-1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: a665184d0fb5e02630eb20f09b6279db794a3f66839fb39fd4323801e9892901
subscription-manager-firstboot-0.98.14-1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 76399e90a4cdb78038704a971798bac1d5df35b607a40293e5bc2ddec28aae1e
subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.14-1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0c953415ba3d24421ee8ba51b3bca04239468dec66219e440124694fc3c8729f
subscription-manager-migration-0.98.14-1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 73ca40ec2d3f9e6d034960c0a344852842ae63d14cad5b449ad925a3a7d5e083

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
subscription-manager-0.98.14-1.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: d9365133d181c9cf80dfb0c56ef5e5a173cd53ddfc64ac575325b96a93ad7e25
x86_64
subscription-manager-0.98.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e481b1f8380bf3f16ce7acab4143dde236c1cfcf10d44a7eb9adb8f756e184c2
subscription-manager-firstboot-0.98.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 06f4dd695d010859259ef805c928c03ba9a0dec41abcfc3c2daed953a2b5ed5a
subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3f2602cb77c0e0faac203f1f7b9ba49476d38e27b7f17365f415956b8abe1151
subscription-manager-migration-0.98.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 958e4eab7ab800eeabed44492178b3a37f80021f0fc65463d5521984410c0d12
i386
subscription-manager-0.98.14-1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: a665184d0fb5e02630eb20f09b6279db794a3f66839fb39fd4323801e9892901
subscription-manager-firstboot-0.98.14-1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 76399e90a4cdb78038704a971798bac1d5df35b607a40293e5bc2ddec28aae1e
subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.14-1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0c953415ba3d24421ee8ba51b3bca04239468dec66219e440124694fc3c8729f
subscription-manager-migration-0.98.14-1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 73ca40ec2d3f9e6d034960c0a344852842ae63d14cad5b449ad925a3a7d5e083

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
subscription-manager-0.98.14-1.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: d9365133d181c9cf80dfb0c56ef5e5a173cd53ddfc64ac575325b96a93ad7e25
x86_64
subscription-manager-0.98.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e481b1f8380bf3f16ce7acab4143dde236c1cfcf10d44a7eb9adb8f756e184c2
subscription-manager-firstboot-0.98.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 06f4dd695d010859259ef805c928c03ba9a0dec41abcfc3c2daed953a2b5ed5a
subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3f2602cb77c0e0faac203f1f7b9ba49476d38e27b7f17365f415956b8abe1151
subscription-manager-migration-0.98.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 958e4eab7ab800eeabed44492178b3a37f80021f0fc65463d5521984410c0d12
i386
subscription-manager-0.98.14-1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: a665184d0fb5e02630eb20f09b6279db794a3f66839fb39fd4323801e9892901
subscription-manager-firstboot-0.98.14-1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 76399e90a4cdb78038704a971798bac1d5df35b607a40293e5bc2ddec28aae1e
subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.14-1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0c953415ba3d24421ee8ba51b3bca04239468dec66219e440124694fc3c8729f
subscription-manager-migration-0.98.14-1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 73ca40ec2d3f9e6d034960c0a344852842ae63d14cad5b449ad925a3a7d5e083

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
subscription-manager-0.98.14-1.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: d9365133d181c9cf80dfb0c56ef5e5a173cd53ddfc64ac575325b96a93ad7e25
s390x
subscription-manager-0.98.14-1.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ea369c363df8654adc4068956e766dc7185e29f37e4349d6122a20a85d55bd5c
subscription-manager-firstboot-0.98.14-1.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a8a9debf8373b4ba5c25b6f1f004f2ff87e2d62cf7fdce89a349ffcaf54f1164
subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.14-1.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4b262edcfe2e5a914c9d776beef150fa7f29fcf65c1caea13c0c0f7efb733c11
subscription-manager-migration-0.98.14-1.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b573668dce4403b2868fa2173279235603900b6e90dbbf639f6c8e46df0c1b37

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
subscription-manager-0.98.14-1.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: d9365133d181c9cf80dfb0c56ef5e5a173cd53ddfc64ac575325b96a93ad7e25
ppc
subscription-manager-0.98.14-1.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: bb9edc1261f2f067e18a0dcf5bb6bb333bfaa26b37c748bbe1e48ac4e78048e0
subscription-manager-firstboot-0.98.14-1.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 14f05251b3eeedc4b439a4b4c3471ca04155c00d089c2c2af245bcf1456d36f5
subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.14-1.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 75d4e17d5ee5e1bac9f9a9b75d20c38b35f705f794542f74ba31d1bc92589635
subscription-manager-migration-0.98.14-1.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 9e87411a42afd43fe080e4fff97f12d537c83889e357854107e973d474c364c4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
subscription-manager-0.98.14-1.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: d9365133d181c9cf80dfb0c56ef5e5a173cd53ddfc64ac575325b96a93ad7e25
x86_64
subscription-manager-0.98.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e481b1f8380bf3f16ce7acab4143dde236c1cfcf10d44a7eb9adb8f756e184c2
subscription-manager-firstboot-0.98.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 06f4dd695d010859259ef805c928c03ba9a0dec41abcfc3c2daed953a2b5ed5a
subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3f2602cb77c0e0faac203f1f7b9ba49476d38e27b7f17365f415956b8abe1151
subscription-manager-migration-0.98.14-1.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 958e4eab7ab800eeabed44492178b3a37f80021f0fc65463d5521984410c0d12
i386
subscription-manager-0.98.14-1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: a665184d0fb5e02630eb20f09b6279db794a3f66839fb39fd4323801e9892901
subscription-manager-firstboot-0.98.14-1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 76399e90a4cdb78038704a971798bac1d5df35b607a40293e5bc2ddec28aae1e
subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.14-1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0c953415ba3d24421ee8ba51b3bca04239468dec66219e440124694fc3c8729f
subscription-manager-migration-0.98.14-1.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 73ca40ec2d3f9e6d034960c0a344852842ae63d14cad5b449ad925a3a7d5e083

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