RHBA-2012:0281 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated yum-utils packages that fix several bugs and add an enhancement are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The yum-utils packages provide a collection of utilities and examples for the
yum package manager to make yum easier and more powerful to use.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, a yum transaction could fail with the message that a kmod package

was already installed if a kmod plug-in was installed and the
"installforallkernels" option set in the /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/kmod.conf file.
This happened when the requested packages were located in a different repository
due to an incorrect handling of repository ID resolution. With this update, the
respective method has been corrected and such yum transactions are executed
successfully as expected. (BZ#543649)

• The manual page of the reposync tool contained an imprecise description of the

"--arch" option. This update enhances the "--arch" option documentation.
(BZ#732596)

• Previously, a package download could fail with the error message that the

package already existed and appeared to be complete. This happened if the latest
version of the package was available in multiple repositories because the
yumdownloader tool attempted to download the package from all the repositories.
With this update, yum downloads such a package only from one repository and the
update process finishes successfully in the described scenario. (BZ#711768)

• The repomanage command failed with a traceback if it was executed on an

invalid repository path. With this update, the underlying code has been modified
and the command returns the "Error accessing directory" error message under
these circumstances. (BZ#703372)

• Previously, the "--count" option was incorrectly located in the "OLDKERNELS

OPTIONS" section of manual pages. However, "--count" is a general option. With
this update, the "--count" option has been moved to the "GENERAL OPTIONS"
section. (BZ#631843)

• Previously, the "package-cleanup --oldkernels" command could not handle

kernel-PAE and kernel-xen packages and the command terminated with the following
error message:

Error all kernel rpms are set to be removed.

With this update, the kernel-PAE and kernel-xen packages are handled correctly
and the specified number of packages (by default, two packages) is kept after
the command has been issued. (BZ#496580)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

• This update adds the manual page for the debuginfo-install command.

(BZ#530150)

All users of yum-utils 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

CVEs

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References

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