RHBA-2019:3306 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated leapp and leapp-repository packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for the Extras channel of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The leapp packages provide the Leapp utility, a framework for performing an in-place upgrade from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. The leapp-repository packages provide modules for the Leapp utility and a plug-in for an SOS report to collect troubleshooting data.

The leapp and leapp-repository packages have been upgraded to version 0.9.0, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous versions. (BZ#1753580, BZ#1753583)

Notable enhancements include:

• The supported in-place upgrade path is currently from RHEL 7.6 to RHEL 8.1.
• Support for an in-place upgrade on the following architectures has been added: 64-bit ARM, IBM POWER (little endian), IBM Z.
• It is now possible to perform a pre-upgrade system assessment in the web console and apply automated remediations using the new cockpit-leapp plug-in.
• This update removes several limitations. For example, the /var or /usr directories can now be mounted on a separate partition, UEFI is now supported. (BZ#1691155, BZ#1700185)
• Leapp now upgrades also packages from the Supplementary repository. (BZ#1621775)

For details, see Upgrading to RHEL 8 linked from the References section.

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 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 Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1691155 - Upgrade failure due to missing leapp/dnf-plugin-data.txt with separate /var
• BZ - 1746956 - leapp upgrade keeps failing on Please ensure you have a valid RHEL subscription and your network is up
• BZ - 1753580 - Rebase leapp-repository package to new upstream version
• BZ - 1753583 - Rebase leapp package to new upstream version

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/upgrading_to_rhel_8/