RHBA-2017:2293 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for anaconda is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The anaconda packages contain parts of the Anaconda installation program that allows reconfiguration and advanced installation options.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of anaconda are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

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 Server - AUS 7.4 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 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 Scientific Computing 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 Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64le
• 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 for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 ppc64le
• 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

Fixes

• BZ - 663099 - [RFE] kickstart's autopart should not automatically create /home in an enterprise environment
• BZ - 1113207 - [RFE] Support the rootfs to be a writable snapshot of a thin volume
• BZ - 1255659 - [RFE] Store lvmdump (or sosreport) as the first thing after anaconda starts
• BZ - 1332316 - RFE:Request for RHEL 6/7 Anaconda option for RAID chunk size
• BZ - 1358331 - [RFE] anaconda should allow geolocation if a partial (interactive-defaults) kickstart is given
• BZ - 1366935 - [RHEL-7.3] Anaconda does not present IPoIB interfaces in TUI when install OS over PXE IPoIB
• BZ - 1380767 - [RFE] anaconda should support setting the default partitioning type as part of an installclass
• BZ - 1401403 - Team slave ifcfg files are indexed starting from 0.
• BZ - 1404158 - Need to double click to uncheck already exist checkbox
• BZ - 1411407 - Automated installation hangs at times - patch submitted
• BZ - 1412022 - During RHEL 7 installation, anaconda should ignore partition with OEMDRV label
• BZ - 1412151 - [RFE] Allow setting constraints for manual partitioning
• BZ - 1412538 - [RFE] %onerror from pykickstart
• BZ - 1416655 - --activate and --onboot kickstart network options not honored for bridge configured in kickstart via %pre section
• BZ - 1416687 - --activate and --onboot kickstart network options not honored for bridge configured in kickstart
• BZ - 1418289 - --noipv4 kickstart network command option results in traceback when defined via %pre
• BZ - 1418604 - Date and Time spoke does not allow the "Network Time" toggle to be turned on before networking is enabled, but has no feedback
• BZ - 1421246 - Unknown lvalue 'StardardInput' in section 'Service'
• BZ - 1422867 - gnome-initial-setup cannot be disabled, forces user creation
• BZ - 1422952 - [RFE] RHV-H should meet NIST 800-53 partitioning requirements by default
• BZ - 1428787 - Remove old redundant help content generation code
• BZ - 1429576 - No longer force single-language mode in the Atomic install class
• BZ - 1430728 - Update our build infrastructure for RHEL 7.4
• BZ - 1431313 - [RFE][BACKPORT] Log capture script from upstream anaconda
• BZ - 1432886 - network tui: changing ipv4 configuration from static to dhcp doesn't work
• BZ - 1440190 - CI fixes for Pylint 1.6
• BZ - 1444887 - Wrong connection edited in UI when a device activated in initramfs (boot options) is reconfigured by kickstart without reactivation
• BZ - 1462979 - /var/lib/rpm setup broken for RHELAH 7.4 cloud image

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/7.4_Release_Notes/index.html