RHBA-2013:1629 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated pykickstart package that fixes several bugs and adds one enhancement
is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The pykickstart package contains a python library for manipulating kickstart
files.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• When combining the autopart command with other kickstart partitioning commands

in one kickstart file, installation proceeded unexpectedly with errors. The
underlying source code has been modified so that the user is notified and
installation is aborted with a parse error if the kickstart file contains
invalid partitioning. (BZ#886010)

• When a kickstart file specified two logical volumes with the same name,

installation failed with this inappropriate error message:

AttributeError: 'LogVolData' object has no attribute 'device'

With this update, duplicate names are detected correctly and the appropriate
error message is displayed. (BZ#924579)

• When running a kickstart file that contained the "network" command with the

"--ipv6" option specified, installation could terminate unexpectedly with the
following message:

TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting

This update applies a patch to fix this bug and kickstart files work as expected
in the described scenario. (BZ#966183)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

• This enhancement adds the ability to specify the "--ipv6gateway" option for

the "network" command in kickstart files. As a result, both IPv4 and IPv6
default gateways can be specified for a network device configuration using the
"network" command. (BZ#978252)

Users of pykickstart are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
these bugs and adds 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/site/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 - 966183 - Traceback when using network --ipv6

CVEs

(none)

References

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