RHBA-2013:0406 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

Yum is a command-line utility that allows the user to check for updates and
automatically download and install updated RPM packages. Yum automatically
obtains and downloads dependencies, prompting the user for permission as
necessary.

These updated yum 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 6.4 Technical Notes for information on the most
significant of these changes:

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.4_Technical_Notes/yum.html

All users of yum 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 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 Desktop 6 x86_64
• 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 - 727553 - yum --skip-broken never ending dependency resolution
• BZ - 744335 - yum-cron has no documentation
• BZ - 748054 - RFE: Support installonlypkgs functionality for rhev-hypervisor packages
• BZ - 802462 - yum history stats traceback after creation of new history
• BZ - 809117 - typo in man page of yum
• BZ - 815568 - yum-security does not work with yum makecache and yum -C
• BZ - 819522 - reinstalling of unavailable package returns status code 0
• BZ - 820674 - yum-debug-restore is confused with the number of restored kernels
• BZ - 840543 - yum upgrade frequently fails with misleading 'Protected multilib versions...' error
• BZ - 858844 - yumBase().update() breaks when specifying pkgname, version, and release
• BZ - 872518 - yum downloads metadata for user when not necessary
• BZ - 880968 - yum --enablerepo downloads metadata too early with certain plugins
• BZ - 885159 - yum don't warning for cert. files with the same basename
• BZ - 887935 - updateinfo xml generated via yum ignores the updated date

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.4_Technical_Notes/yum.html