RHBA-2015:0484 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated redhat-upgrade-tool package that fixes two bugs and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The Red Hat Upgrade Tool is used for performing an in-place upgrade of your current system to the next major version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It determines what packages are needed for the upgrade and gathers them from the source or sources given. It also fetches and sets up the boot images needed to run the upgrade and sets up the system to perform the upgrade on the next system boot. Running the Red Hat Upgrade Tool requires running the Preupgrade Assistant as a prerequisite.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Due to a problem with the way the system upgrade boot entry was named in Red Hat Upgrade Tool, the boot entry was previously not removed from the kernel after the system was upgraded. This problem has been fixed and system upgrade boot entry is now removed as expected. (BZ#1084143)
• Because there is no default mirror list file in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, using the Red Hat Upgrade Tool for network upgrades previously failed with a traceback error if no mirror list was specified. With this update, the "--instrepo" option is required when the "redhat-upgrade-tool --network" command is used, and the described network upgrade failure thus no longer occurs. (BZ#1084151)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

• The "cleanup-post" option has been added for the Red Hat Upgrade Tool. This allows users to clean up old packages after upgrading from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. (BZ#1084155)
• This update modifies the error message displayed if downloading content with the Red Hat Upgrade Tool fails due to a network timeout, in order to make it more comprehensible and helpful for users. (BZ#1084156)
• With this update, the postupgrade.d scripts of the Preupgrade Assistant tool have access to the repository used for the in-place upgrade package download, which allows for more efficient file clean-up after upgrading the system with Red Hat Upgrade Tool. (BZ#1084164)

Users of redhat-upgrade-tool are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.3 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3 x86_64

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#normal