Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2019:2291 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2019-08-06
Updated:
2019-08-06

RHBA-2019:2291 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

biosdevname bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

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

Description

The biosdevname packages contain an optional convention for naming network interfaces, which assigns names to network interfaces based on their physical location. The biosdevname utility is disabled by default, except for a limited set of Dell PowerEdge, C Series, and Precision Workstation systems.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of biosdevname 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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-2.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1637a328d9d408c5b9b748aaa0b202690f63ca579bebf27551ffed6149e321d8
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 838e27cadbb77a140e9c26664d37cd22d38f22500b8e9b587405e926bbb7c18f
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b112aec9456c80762d9f723570d93cee22e44965a0e571a466b0b16b078d9c37

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-2.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1637a328d9d408c5b9b748aaa0b202690f63ca579bebf27551ffed6149e321d8
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 838e27cadbb77a140e9c26664d37cd22d38f22500b8e9b587405e926bbb7c18f
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b112aec9456c80762d9f723570d93cee22e44965a0e571a466b0b16b078d9c37

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-2.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1637a328d9d408c5b9b748aaa0b202690f63ca579bebf27551ffed6149e321d8
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 838e27cadbb77a140e9c26664d37cd22d38f22500b8e9b587405e926bbb7c18f
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b112aec9456c80762d9f723570d93cee22e44965a0e571a466b0b16b078d9c37

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-2.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1637a328d9d408c5b9b748aaa0b202690f63ca579bebf27551ffed6149e321d8
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 838e27cadbb77a140e9c26664d37cd22d38f22500b8e9b587405e926bbb7c18f
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b112aec9456c80762d9f723570d93cee22e44965a0e571a466b0b16b078d9c37

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-2.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 1637a328d9d408c5b9b748aaa0b202690f63ca579bebf27551ffed6149e321d8
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 838e27cadbb77a140e9c26664d37cd22d38f22500b8e9b587405e926bbb7c18f
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b112aec9456c80762d9f723570d93cee22e44965a0e571a466b0b16b078d9c37

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