RHBA-2013:0463 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated python-virtinst package that fixes one bug and adds two enhancements is
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The python-virtinst package contains several command-line utilities, including
virt-install for building and installing new virtual machines, and virt-clone
for cloning existing virtual machines.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, executing the "virt-install --cpuset=auto" command led

to a backtrace, and the optimal configuration of the "cpuset" string was not
formed. With this update, a patch has been backported from upstream and the
described error no longer occurs. (BZ#834495)

This update also adds the following enhancements:

• With this update, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 has been added to the list of

known Linux distributions in both the virt-manager and virt-install utilities.
(BZ#803631)

• Previously, the virt-install utility supported only the first security label

listed in the libvirt capabilities. With this update, support for more labels
has been added. (BZ#832339)

All users of python-virtinst are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which fixes this bug and adds 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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• 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 (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 - 803631 - RFE: Add RHEL7 to list of known Linux types

CVEs

(none)

References

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