RHBA-2013:1331 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated python-rhsm packages that fix two bugs and add various enhancements are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The python-rhsm package is a library for communicating with the REST interface
of the Red Hat Unified Entitlement Platform. It provides access to the
Subscription Management tools which help users to determine which products are
installed on their machines and the subscriptions their machines are receiving.

The python-rhsm package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.8.17, which
provides a number of enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#922029)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the subscription-manager package depended on a version of the

python-rhsm package that was not included in the previous version of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5. As a consequence, the installation terminated with the
following error:

Error: No module named rhsm.config

With this release, the python-rhsm package has been added to Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5 and dependencies are resolved successfully when installing the
subscription-manager package. (BZ#966936)

• Previously, the user was allowed to set and remove parameters in all three

sections of the rhsm.conf file even though the parameters are only used in one
section. This confused the user and hindered them from setting the right
parameters. This update removes the unnecessary configuration in the
subscription-manager configuration module. (BZ#988476)

Users of python-rhsm 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/site/articles/11258

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

• BZ - 922029 - [RFE] Rebase python-rhsm to the latest upstream version
• BZ - 988476 - eliminate extra parameters from subscription-manager config --list/--set/--remove
• BZ - 997194 - repo_ca_cert configuration ignored using older configuration

CVEs

(none)

References

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