Synopsis

anaconda bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated anaconda packages that fix multiple bugs and add one enhancement are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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:

• When performing the kickstart upgrade with a key for advanced platforms,
  additional repositories were not enabled, and only the base repository packages
  were upgraded. (BZ#477748)
  
• Adding a VT repository to the kickstart file and using the "key --skip"
  command resulted in an error when trying to install the Virtualization-en-US
  package. (BZ#506361)
  
• Reusing the LVM logical volumes from the previous installation process caused
  the bootloader program to use the old disk labels so that the system was unable
  to boot. (BZ#566668)
  
• If the file system label ended with the "0" character, this character was
  stripped so that the existing file system label was different from what was
  explicitly specified by the user. (BZ#571513)
  
• The "CMSCONFFILE" parameter could have contained wrong syntax. This could have
  resulted in certain Bash errors on IBM S/390. (BZ#681219)
  
• Specifying the "CMSDASD" parameter with a hex number using uppercase letters
  resulted in the kickstart file not being found. (BZ#689470)
  
• The installer environment lacked the symbolic links for stdin, stdout, and
  stderr. As a result, the console output to the files instead of the screen.
  (BZ#684220)
  
• The installer used the maximum LV size limit based on the LVM 1 limits. Now,
  the maximum LV size limit is based on the LVM 2 limits. (BZ#695299)
  
• Only stderr was logged to the output file during the kickstart installation.
  Now, stdout is also logged. (BZ#702024)
  
• Using the parameter "--no-ssh" in kickstart failed to propagate the same
  parameter to /root/anaconda-ks.cfg. (BZ#703081)
  
• The "--no-ssh" parameter was not documented in
  /usr/share/doc/anaconda-*/kickstart-docs.txt. (BZ#703082)
  
• Downloading the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release Notes resulted in errors,
  even though the Release Notes were downloaded successfully. (BZ#707143)
  
• The /var/log/ directory required by the Subscription Manager logging was not
  created. (BZ#708121)
  
• The list-harddrives script did not work as expected. (BZ#709880)
  
• Errors emitted by the kickstart scripts were not properly reported to the
  user. (BZ#712443)
  
• Even though the installation was run with IPv6 enabled, IPv6 was disabled in
  the installed environment. (BZ#713120)
  
• The Solarflare network adapters were not available to the user during the
  installation. (BZ#714243)
  
• The installation performed on an XTS-encrypted partition failed. (BZ#718123)
  
• When specifying the network mask during the manual network setup using the
  dotted format, a spurious error message was displayed. (BZ#719578)
  
• When using the bnx2i iSCSI adapters, the installer did not read IP from iBFT
  properly. (BZ#727774)
  
• The "dhcptimeout" option was not propagated. (BZ#737161)
  
• The "--only-use" ignoredisk parameter did not work so that Anaconda terminated
  unexpectedly. (BZ#738186)
  
• portmap was not available in rescue mode so that the rescue environment was
  unable to mount NFS volumes. (BZ#742889)
  
• Adding "-@conflicts" to the kickstart file did not prevent the conflicting
  packages from the @conflicts group to be installed if other packages depended on
  the conflicting packages. Now, the conflicting packages and packages that depend
  on the conflicting packages are not installed. (BZ#756707)
  
• Pressing Esc in certain Anaconda windows had the same result as clicking "OK".
  With this update, pressing Esc has the same result as clicking "Cancel".
  (BZ#758106, BZ#768082)
  
• The Network Configuration interface localization was incomplete. (BZ#709931)
  
• The Installation Number screen did not display links under the pa_IN locale.
  (BZ#711363)
  

Enhancement:

• Support for the installation over the IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB) interfaces
  has been added. (BZ#660684)
  

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs
and add this enhancement.

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 - 477748 - Install number ignored during upgrade via kickstart
• BZ - 571513 - anaconda readXFSLabel_int() mistakenly strips trailing zeroes off of XFS filesystem labels
• BZ - 681219 - linuxrc.s390 show_parms does not write valid syntax
• BZ - 684220 - anaconda initrd lacks /dev/stdin, /dev/stdout, /dev/stderr
• BZ - 689470 - CMSDASD broken by case-sensitive use
• BZ - 695299 - Anaconda limits the maximum LV size derived from the PE size artificially
• BZ - 703081 - --no-ssh not written to anaconda-ks.cfg
• BZ - 703082 - --no-ssh not documented in kickstart-docs.txt
• BZ - 709880 - list-harddrives is broken
• BZ - 711363 - [pa_IN] Links are missing from text labels
• BZ - 712443 - failed kickstart script errors are reported using non-existing detailedMessageWindow method
• BZ - 714243 - Solarflare network adapter not available during install
• BZ - 718123 - Anaconda cannot recognize xts encrypted disk.
• BZ - 719578 - misleading error message about ipv4 prefix when manually setting network configuration for network install in boot.iso
• BZ - 768082 - GUI -- keyboard: unexpected behavior of ESC

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
anaconda-11.1.2.250-1.src.rpm	SHA-256: ed58c28438db80292ede91360ad3576c3273de91b5d26077686839eac60e396a
x86_64
anaconda-11.1.2.250-1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 87d7937198a111e9d963681f79167acc455ed8275bd2c521cb6474ed113e8e35
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.250-1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a3a688c543da2a69ab7dcc5c5d1004dd7840fb455fe2a286c0b6f22d50a21e80
ia64
anaconda-11.1.2.250-1.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 83bf138d710937baec125fdef9bd0838fce1e634db49776b2c81167669d765e7
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.250-1.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 635ea9040d934ef867a0d211cf2d3c585bdf2fe0a5f8db0721743121ce4e83fd
i386
anaconda-11.1.2.250-1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: b1c922680211643f4a3f4b777ddd93af54eb39383214e72d73c7be125274fb3a
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.250-1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: caac533d733147dd9c26c2d5ac00b5874fc7e697c73ee96495ab9069d1610dff

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
anaconda-11.1.2.250-1.src.rpm	SHA-256: ed58c28438db80292ede91360ad3576c3273de91b5d26077686839eac60e396a
x86_64
anaconda-11.1.2.250-1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 87d7937198a111e9d963681f79167acc455ed8275bd2c521cb6474ed113e8e35
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.250-1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a3a688c543da2a69ab7dcc5c5d1004dd7840fb455fe2a286c0b6f22d50a21e80
i386
anaconda-11.1.2.250-1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: b1c922680211643f4a3f4b777ddd93af54eb39383214e72d73c7be125274fb3a
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.250-1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: caac533d733147dd9c26c2d5ac00b5874fc7e697c73ee96495ab9069d1610dff

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
anaconda-11.1.2.250-1.src.rpm	SHA-256: ed58c28438db80292ede91360ad3576c3273de91b5d26077686839eac60e396a
x86_64
anaconda-11.1.2.250-1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 87d7937198a111e9d963681f79167acc455ed8275bd2c521cb6474ed113e8e35
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.250-1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a3a688c543da2a69ab7dcc5c5d1004dd7840fb455fe2a286c0b6f22d50a21e80
i386
anaconda-11.1.2.250-1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: b1c922680211643f4a3f4b777ddd93af54eb39383214e72d73c7be125274fb3a
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.250-1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: caac533d733147dd9c26c2d5ac00b5874fc7e697c73ee96495ab9069d1610dff

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
anaconda-11.1.2.250-1.src.rpm	SHA-256: ed58c28438db80292ede91360ad3576c3273de91b5d26077686839eac60e396a
s390x
anaconda-11.1.2.250-1.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 23ad77137c3d8e51b2dc3b698ec6e902a8a58782a61788394500355afe7b27c0
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.250-1.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: d017bda911f2e1256adb2dabf14754fc1329f2940493969984337f601f6ebf57

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
anaconda-11.1.2.250-1.src.rpm	SHA-256: ed58c28438db80292ede91360ad3576c3273de91b5d26077686839eac60e396a
ppc
anaconda-11.1.2.250-1.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 4e6a5f3ba66029f0e5c7cac3657ee768f53aefec32ee7f0fbaa700dc7f9f8ad4
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.250-1.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: c72c251bfe6e282fc97b608184ab8b1cfc6f6759da75b42df5cc6175dfccbc8e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
anaconda-11.1.2.250-1.src.rpm	SHA-256: ed58c28438db80292ede91360ad3576c3273de91b5d26077686839eac60e396a
x86_64
anaconda-11.1.2.250-1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 87d7937198a111e9d963681f79167acc455ed8275bd2c521cb6474ed113e8e35
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.250-1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a3a688c543da2a69ab7dcc5c5d1004dd7840fb455fe2a286c0b6f22d50a21e80
i386
anaconda-11.1.2.250-1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: b1c922680211643f4a3f4b777ddd93af54eb39383214e72d73c7be125274fb3a
anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.250-1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: caac533d733147dd9c26c2d5ac00b5874fc7e697c73ee96495ab9069d1610dff