RHBA-2013:0507 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated pykickstart packages that fix four bugs and add one enhancement are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The pykickstart packages contain a python library for manipulating kickstart
files.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, when using the volgroup command with the --useexisting option

without specifying the physical volume (PV), the system installation failed with
the following message:

volgroup must be given a list of partitions

With this update, the library scripts have been set to check if the PVs are
defined prior to the installation. In case of undefined PVs, the scripts raise a
warning message to notify the user. (BZ#823856, BZ#832688, BZ#837440)

• Previously, the kickstart command options marked as deprecated were not

allowed to carry a value. Consequently, a kickstart file containing a deprecated
command option with an assigned value, such as --videoram="value", could not be
validated. The ksvalidator tool terminated with the following message:

• -videoram option does not take a value

With this update, the deprecated options have been allowed to take values and
the error no longer occurs in the aforementioned scenario. (BZ#815573)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

• The "autopart", "logvol", "part", and "raid" commands can now take the
• -cipher option to specify the encryption algorithm to be used for encrypting

devices. If this option is not provided, the installer will use the default
algorithm. (BZ#843174)

All users of pykickstart 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/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 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 - 832688 - raid --useexisting errors without partitions
• BZ - 843174 - Anaconda/Kickstart LUKS Algorithm

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)