- Issued:
- 2017-08-01
- Updated:
- 2017-08-01
RHBA-2017:2401 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
redhat-upgrade-tool bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated redhat-upgrade-tool package that fixes several bugs and adds one enhancement is now available for the Extras channel of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The Red Hat Upgrade Tool is used for performing an in-place upgrade of the 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.
The redhat-upgrade-tool package has been upgraded to version 0.7.49, which provides several of bug fixes and an enhancement over the previous version. Notably:
- Previously, the system upgrade failed if there was not enough space on the boot partition during the kernel and grub package upgrades. With this update, Red Hat Upgrade Tool exits with an error message if there is less than 50 MB of space left on the boot partition after the initramfs and kernel packages are downloaded. Before running Red Hat Upgrade Tool, ensure that at least 110 MB of free space is available on the boot partition. (BZ#1361219)
- With this update, Red Hat Upgrade Tool searches for both the treeinfo and .treeinfo files in a repository provided through the command line, because some CDN services do not support files that start with a dot. (BZ#1410949)
Users of redhat-upgrade-tool are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs and adds the enhancement.
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:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
- 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
Fixes
- BZ - 1410949 - upgrade tool looks for .treeinfo but not treeinfo
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
SRPM | |
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redhat-upgrade-tool-0.7.49-1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 89e6aaafcb284251434e290c7d14af8246c96379bec1ebd95900707a834d23f5 |
x86_64 | |
redhat-upgrade-tool-0.7.49-1.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f4fd73825428a20bd3fa4813a38fbea616927322d4d4341d3fee12215071d404 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6
SRPM | |
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redhat-upgrade-tool-0.7.49-1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 89e6aaafcb284251434e290c7d14af8246c96379bec1ebd95900707a834d23f5 |
s390x | |
redhat-upgrade-tool-0.7.49-1.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f4fd73825428a20bd3fa4813a38fbea616927322d4d4341d3fee12215071d404 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6
SRPM | |
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redhat-upgrade-tool-0.7.49-1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 89e6aaafcb284251434e290c7d14af8246c96379bec1ebd95900707a834d23f5 |
ppc64 | |
redhat-upgrade-tool-0.7.49-1.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f4fd73825428a20bd3fa4813a38fbea616927322d4d4341d3fee12215071d404 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6
SRPM | |
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redhat-upgrade-tool-0.7.49-1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 89e6aaafcb284251434e290c7d14af8246c96379bec1ebd95900707a834d23f5 |
x86_64 | |
redhat-upgrade-tool-0.7.49-1.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f4fd73825428a20bd3fa4813a38fbea616927322d4d4341d3fee12215071d404 |
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