RHBA-2014:1225 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated subscription-manager packages that fix several bugs and add various
enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The Subscription Manager packages provide programs and libraries to allow users
to manage subscriptions and yum repositories from the Red Hat entitlement
platform.

This update fixes multiple bugs and adds various enhancements, the most notable
of which are detailed below.

• This update adds support for repository overrides to the Subscription Manager.

Repositories are now written with server-side overrides taken into account. This
feature gives more control in managed environments. (BZ#1086316)

• This update adds the "Quantity Needed" field in the output of the

"subscription-manager list --available" command. The value in this field is the
suggested quantity of subscription instances needed to achieve compliance. Note
that the maximum suggested quantity is the number of subscriptions available for
the user, even if more are required for compliance. This feature prevents the
Subscription Manager from using "1" as a default quantity and also ensures
better parity with the GUI tool. (BZ#1088372)

• This update adds the "Subscription Type" field in the output of the

"subscription-manager list --available" command. This field displays the
subscription type, for example "Instance Based", and also supports new types on
old clients. (BZ#1086290)

• This update adds the rhsm-debug tool to the subscription-manager packages to

improve debugging of subscription-related problems. (BZ#1039653)

Users of subscription-manager 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 - 840415 - Install-num migration throws traceback for invalid product cert location.
• BZ - 855050 - Update Icon Paths in Dialog Windows - Replace Generic Icons with RHSM Icon
• BZ - 1035440 - subscription-manager yum plugin makes yum refresh all RHSM repos. on every command.
• BZ - 1039653 - [RFE] Backport the debug tool to RHEL5
• BZ - 1080072 - subscription-manager-migration-data for rhel5.11 needs rhel5.11 product certs
• BZ - 1086290 - [RFE] request for new subscription-manager list installed/consumed field called "Subscription Type"
• BZ - 1086316 - [RFE] repo-override support on rhel5 subscription-manager clients
• BZ - 1086377 - "Next-System-Check-In" in About window not displayed
• BZ - 1087603 - RFE - "rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm" migration script to accept the expected parameter either via standard input or the equivalent of an "answer" file"
• BZ - 1087614 - subscription-manager package updates for rhel 5.11
• BZ - 1087620 - yum subscription-manager plugin puts non-error information on stderr
• BZ - 1088372 - [RFE] CLI list --available should include a "Quantity Needed" field to facilitate compliance and provide parity with GUI
• BZ - 1088507 - RFE: list-available output should include contract number
• BZ - 1090206 - [RFE] The redhat.repo file should be refreshed after a successful subscription
• BZ - 1090350 - Clock skew detected when the dates of server and client have no big time drift.
• BZ - 1090560 - ATSPI locator needed for All-Subscriptions-View
• BZ - 1092594 - subscription-manager status --ondate=2000-01-01 is throwing wrong error message
• BZ - 1092754 - install-num-migrate-to-rhsm fails to choose appropriate product cert from subscription-manager-migration-data-2.0
• BZ - 1093201 - Zanata translations for subscription-manager 1.11 are not yet 100%
• BZ - 1093382 - local variable 'dest_fo' referenced before assignment
• BZ - 1094869 - on rhel5, bash-completion of rhsm-icon options should show -? instead of -h
• BZ - 1095938 - AT-SPI locator for 'repositoris dialog' -> repo-table does not exist
• BZ - 1100872 - missing a mapping for RHEL4 channel 'rhel-ia64-ws-4'
• BZ - 1101552 - identity name reports extraneous "URI:CN=" suffix
• BZ - 1104498 - Productid not installed after newly installed RHEL5.11 server build
• BZ - 1104506 - In firstboot "Subscription Registration" page the "Default" button was not showed completely.
• BZ - 1105279 - rhn channel rhel-x86_64-server-scalefs-5 maps to a version 5.10 product cert - should be 5.11
• BZ - 1105656 - missing a few RHN Classic channel mappings to product certs
• BZ - 1108257 - subscription-manager release --list is empty on RHEL Workstation with product 71
• BZ - 1117374 - translation for the word "options:" is missing in rhel5.11 command line help messages
• BZ - 1117515 - [ta_IN][zh_CN] bad translation for "%s is already running" causes a traceback
• BZ - 1117521 - [ta_IN][mr] failed urls test for http://wwwredhat.com/legal/privacy_statement.html
• BZ - 1117535 - [zh_CN][gu] need a translation for "<b>%s version:</b> %s"
• BZ - 1118012 - Typos in subscription-manager(8) man page

CVEs

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References

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