Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2012:0816 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2012-06-20
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0816 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

initscripts bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated initscripts packages that fix several bugs and add multiple enhancements
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The initscripts package contains system scripts for booting your system,
changing runlevels, activating and deactivating most network interfaces, and
shutting the system down cleanly.

These updated initscript 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 6.3 Technical Notes for information on
the most significant of these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.3_Technical_Notes/initscripts.html#RHBA-2012-0816

Users of initscript are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add these 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/knowledge/articles/11258

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 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 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 - 721010 - Ifup-aliases (ifconfig) becomes slower in proportion to the amount of networks with vlans
  • BZ - 754984 - Missing apcupsd support in halt script
  • BZ - 757637 - using 'service' with locale 'ms_MY.utf8' produce errors
  • BZ - 760018 - cifs only network mounts causes pause in shutdown
  • BZ - 786404 - Save entropy during system install
  • BZ - 787107 - "ifdown-eth: line 69: echo: write error: Invalid argument" when making a bonding device down
  • BZ - 802119 - service network start shows error messages

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 73388e26cfd744af4d6392bc368823a99e2cd457303f3d2d04c2c99264400dff
x86_64
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8aa08f05d150bbd39bdc97c4c141fbbb4f74afc5da5d9b08766ca95138ede1ca
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8aa08f05d150bbd39bdc97c4c141fbbb4f74afc5da5d9b08766ca95138ede1ca
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a64d8335995728ee8ac8f1651654280055603b26f40518181eae570dba3e6405
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a64d8335995728ee8ac8f1651654280055603b26f40518181eae570dba3e6405
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4afba27bbc404bffba309239462f108ad183e10f07f56be281343773c4a545
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4afba27bbc404bffba309239462f108ad183e10f07f56be281343773c4a545
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4afba27bbc404bffba309239462f108ad183e10f07f56be281343773c4a545
i386
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 28875ae987ff7779f80f4d8acca7bd78c37b49274f4569dc932a92c472a8c3f6
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 66adc389cdce3c40fda6d70bb660aa3c9e6114b5e99585bb8b3d41f2e41c0f92
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 173c23f6fa522320c3bb5a9aedb9d53246ac7a2d8dffdaea573b5a9399bed2a6
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 173c23f6fa522320c3bb5a9aedb9d53246ac7a2d8dffdaea573b5a9399bed2a6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 73388e26cfd744af4d6392bc368823a99e2cd457303f3d2d04c2c99264400dff
x86_64
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8aa08f05d150bbd39bdc97c4c141fbbb4f74afc5da5d9b08766ca95138ede1ca
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a64d8335995728ee8ac8f1651654280055603b26f40518181eae570dba3e6405
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4afba27bbc404bffba309239462f108ad183e10f07f56be281343773c4a545
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4afba27bbc404bffba309239462f108ad183e10f07f56be281343773c4a545
i386
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 28875ae987ff7779f80f4d8acca7bd78c37b49274f4569dc932a92c472a8c3f6
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 66adc389cdce3c40fda6d70bb660aa3c9e6114b5e99585bb8b3d41f2e41c0f92
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 173c23f6fa522320c3bb5a9aedb9d53246ac7a2d8dffdaea573b5a9399bed2a6
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 173c23f6fa522320c3bb5a9aedb9d53246ac7a2d8dffdaea573b5a9399bed2a6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 73388e26cfd744af4d6392bc368823a99e2cd457303f3d2d04c2c99264400dff
x86_64
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8aa08f05d150bbd39bdc97c4c141fbbb4f74afc5da5d9b08766ca95138ede1ca
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a64d8335995728ee8ac8f1651654280055603b26f40518181eae570dba3e6405
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4afba27bbc404bffba309239462f108ad183e10f07f56be281343773c4a545
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4afba27bbc404bffba309239462f108ad183e10f07f56be281343773c4a545
i386
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 28875ae987ff7779f80f4d8acca7bd78c37b49274f4569dc932a92c472a8c3f6
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 66adc389cdce3c40fda6d70bb660aa3c9e6114b5e99585bb8b3d41f2e41c0f92
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 173c23f6fa522320c3bb5a9aedb9d53246ac7a2d8dffdaea573b5a9399bed2a6
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 173c23f6fa522320c3bb5a9aedb9d53246ac7a2d8dffdaea573b5a9399bed2a6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 73388e26cfd744af4d6392bc368823a99e2cd457303f3d2d04c2c99264400dff
x86_64
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8aa08f05d150bbd39bdc97c4c141fbbb4f74afc5da5d9b08766ca95138ede1ca
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a64d8335995728ee8ac8f1651654280055603b26f40518181eae570dba3e6405
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4afba27bbc404bffba309239462f108ad183e10f07f56be281343773c4a545
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4afba27bbc404bffba309239462f108ad183e10f07f56be281343773c4a545
i386
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 28875ae987ff7779f80f4d8acca7bd78c37b49274f4569dc932a92c472a8c3f6
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 66adc389cdce3c40fda6d70bb660aa3c9e6114b5e99585bb8b3d41f2e41c0f92
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 173c23f6fa522320c3bb5a9aedb9d53246ac7a2d8dffdaea573b5a9399bed2a6
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 173c23f6fa522320c3bb5a9aedb9d53246ac7a2d8dffdaea573b5a9399bed2a6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 73388e26cfd744af4d6392bc368823a99e2cd457303f3d2d04c2c99264400dff
s390x
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e3fc2eb92c431dc0874a67a88a43709468d82e2e1eb40f218de52ec106fb3d3c
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bf6c335d434644411511a5d2bfe3edd90d50359e4f1bea9c8b5ff880bd7960bc
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 740b1bcc84fe91ae4bcc1a0d6fadf78735c8e1f753e37c394b7450f54a315ebc
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 740b1bcc84fe91ae4bcc1a0d6fadf78735c8e1f753e37c394b7450f54a315ebc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 73388e26cfd744af4d6392bc368823a99e2cd457303f3d2d04c2c99264400dff
ppc64
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 5af843cd85043a1a9227b4fdc29d15ed7d40d5afe0f2b681b4cce6f7da06eb42
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: cb40a12fa028562a31f11f9e1fa6eed9c1de94e93e23110c8bc245f0c0b72df4
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: e31b5331d85b5fe5f3e5ba9b66b8ddf6e21c505468b01c23faf269ab173de214
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: e31b5331d85b5fe5f3e5ba9b66b8ddf6e21c505468b01c23faf269ab173de214

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 73388e26cfd744af4d6392bc368823a99e2cd457303f3d2d04c2c99264400dff
x86_64
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8aa08f05d150bbd39bdc97c4c141fbbb4f74afc5da5d9b08766ca95138ede1ca
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a64d8335995728ee8ac8f1651654280055603b26f40518181eae570dba3e6405
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4afba27bbc404bffba309239462f108ad183e10f07f56be281343773c4a545
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4afba27bbc404bffba309239462f108ad183e10f07f56be281343773c4a545

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 73388e26cfd744af4d6392bc368823a99e2cd457303f3d2d04c2c99264400dff
x86_64
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8aa08f05d150bbd39bdc97c4c141fbbb4f74afc5da5d9b08766ca95138ede1ca
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a64d8335995728ee8ac8f1651654280055603b26f40518181eae570dba3e6405
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4afba27bbc404bffba309239462f108ad183e10f07f56be281343773c4a545
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4afba27bbc404bffba309239462f108ad183e10f07f56be281343773c4a545
i386
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 28875ae987ff7779f80f4d8acca7bd78c37b49274f4569dc932a92c472a8c3f6
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 66adc389cdce3c40fda6d70bb660aa3c9e6114b5e99585bb8b3d41f2e41c0f92
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 173c23f6fa522320c3bb5a9aedb9d53246ac7a2d8dffdaea573b5a9399bed2a6
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 173c23f6fa522320c3bb5a9aedb9d53246ac7a2d8dffdaea573b5a9399bed2a6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 73388e26cfd744af4d6392bc368823a99e2cd457303f3d2d04c2c99264400dff
s390x
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e3fc2eb92c431dc0874a67a88a43709468d82e2e1eb40f218de52ec106fb3d3c
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bf6c335d434644411511a5d2bfe3edd90d50359e4f1bea9c8b5ff880bd7960bc
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 740b1bcc84fe91ae4bcc1a0d6fadf78735c8e1f753e37c394b7450f54a315ebc
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 740b1bcc84fe91ae4bcc1a0d6fadf78735c8e1f753e37c394b7450f54a315ebc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 73388e26cfd744af4d6392bc368823a99e2cd457303f3d2d04c2c99264400dff
x86_64
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8aa08f05d150bbd39bdc97c4c141fbbb4f74afc5da5d9b08766ca95138ede1ca
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a64d8335995728ee8ac8f1651654280055603b26f40518181eae570dba3e6405
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4afba27bbc404bffba309239462f108ad183e10f07f56be281343773c4a545
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8f4afba27bbc404bffba309239462f108ad183e10f07f56be281343773c4a545
i386
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 28875ae987ff7779f80f4d8acca7bd78c37b49274f4569dc932a92c472a8c3f6
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 66adc389cdce3c40fda6d70bb660aa3c9e6114b5e99585bb8b3d41f2e41c0f92
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 173c23f6fa522320c3bb5a9aedb9d53246ac7a2d8dffdaea573b5a9399bed2a6
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 173c23f6fa522320c3bb5a9aedb9d53246ac7a2d8dffdaea573b5a9399bed2a6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 73388e26cfd744af4d6392bc368823a99e2cd457303f3d2d04c2c99264400dff
s390x
debugmode-9.03.31-2.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e3fc2eb92c431dc0874a67a88a43709468d82e2e1eb40f218de52ec106fb3d3c
initscripts-9.03.31-2.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bf6c335d434644411511a5d2bfe3edd90d50359e4f1bea9c8b5ff880bd7960bc
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 740b1bcc84fe91ae4bcc1a0d6fadf78735c8e1f753e37c394b7450f54a315ebc
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.31-2.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 740b1bcc84fe91ae4bcc1a0d6fadf78735c8e1f753e37c394b7450f54a315ebc

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