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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2015:2668 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2015-12-18
Updated:
2016-05-09

RHBA-2015:2668 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

watchdog bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated watchdog packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

Watchdog is a daemon that informs the kernel that the system is working correctly and so needs no resetting.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, the output of the "service watchdog start" command contained a redundant "[ OK ]" string. With this update, this bug has been fixed. (BZ#1263040)

Users of watchdog are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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 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 for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • 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

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

  • http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#normal
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
x86_64
watchdog-5.6-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ae38735f99a32604c74e9911f899edb5480f10c79878b731b0dd6ff0aec99fff
watchdog-5.6-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ae38735f99a32604c74e9911f899edb5480f10c79878b731b0dd6ff0aec99fff
watchdog-debuginfo-5.6-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b990b30e407cf7a70d7e50c81d1e7abc1a4fa367ff675ff5abe5bf2af203cdc4
watchdog-debuginfo-5.6-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b990b30e407cf7a70d7e50c81d1e7abc1a4fa367ff675ff5abe5bf2af203cdc4
i386
watchdog-5.6-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 07963bcef278b6aca70cfcf09fc80974c345fa2298d31c7cc5dcbdc1d4ce7b62
watchdog-debuginfo-5.6-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 85de2d2e85eb3db225ef2442e26993aa9ff780ef97bbfe3aead8c1ad5c44122e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
x86_64
watchdog-5.6-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ae38735f99a32604c74e9911f899edb5480f10c79878b731b0dd6ff0aec99fff
watchdog-debuginfo-5.6-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b990b30e407cf7a70d7e50c81d1e7abc1a4fa367ff675ff5abe5bf2af203cdc4
i386
watchdog-5.6-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 07963bcef278b6aca70cfcf09fc80974c345fa2298d31c7cc5dcbdc1d4ce7b62
watchdog-debuginfo-5.6-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 85de2d2e85eb3db225ef2442e26993aa9ff780ef97bbfe3aead8c1ad5c44122e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
x86_64
watchdog-5.6-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ae38735f99a32604c74e9911f899edb5480f10c79878b731b0dd6ff0aec99fff
watchdog-debuginfo-5.6-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b990b30e407cf7a70d7e50c81d1e7abc1a4fa367ff675ff5abe5bf2af203cdc4
i386
watchdog-5.6-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 07963bcef278b6aca70cfcf09fc80974c345fa2298d31c7cc5dcbdc1d4ce7b62
watchdog-debuginfo-5.6-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 85de2d2e85eb3db225ef2442e26993aa9ff780ef97bbfe3aead8c1ad5c44122e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
s390x
watchdog-5.6-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 96b0a8b18cc06c24259244b7c0b730e570d9bfa0ec52ab6ec2b5d5557c01f32c
watchdog-debuginfo-5.6-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8bd2e3a09ceb70b6c6e9ed5dedfbef2d22912f9858f41c1c9cb048936cfce69c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
ppc64
watchdog-5.6-5.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 95176874c51b7996e91d409a8ef6c999eea313abf1852b666c51a611473faa16
watchdog-debuginfo-5.6-5.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 911f84cca18fb34459ed2bc9480f43c6b32906ea3b474bd16be21517b040e86b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
x86_64
watchdog-5.6-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ae38735f99a32604c74e9911f899edb5480f10c79878b731b0dd6ff0aec99fff
watchdog-debuginfo-5.6-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b990b30e407cf7a70d7e50c81d1e7abc1a4fa367ff675ff5abe5bf2af203cdc4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
s390x
watchdog-5.6-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 96b0a8b18cc06c24259244b7c0b730e570d9bfa0ec52ab6ec2b5d5557c01f32c
watchdog-debuginfo-5.6-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8bd2e3a09ceb70b6c6e9ed5dedfbef2d22912f9858f41c1c9cb048936cfce69c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
x86_64
watchdog-5.6-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ae38735f99a32604c74e9911f899edb5480f10c79878b731b0dd6ff0aec99fff
watchdog-debuginfo-5.6-5.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b990b30e407cf7a70d7e50c81d1e7abc1a4fa367ff675ff5abe5bf2af203cdc4
i386
watchdog-5.6-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 07963bcef278b6aca70cfcf09fc80974c345fa2298d31c7cc5dcbdc1d4ce7b62
watchdog-debuginfo-5.6-5.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 85de2d2e85eb3db225ef2442e26993aa9ff780ef97bbfe3aead8c1ad5c44122e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
s390x
watchdog-5.6-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 96b0a8b18cc06c24259244b7c0b730e570d9bfa0ec52ab6ec2b5d5557c01f32c
watchdog-debuginfo-5.6-5.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8bd2e3a09ceb70b6c6e9ed5dedfbef2d22912f9858f41c1c9cb048936cfce69c

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