- Issued:
- 2007-11-07
- Updated:
- 2007-11-07
RHEA-2007:0636 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
python-virtinst enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated python-virtinst package that supports virt-manager enhancements
is now available.
Description
python-virtinst is a module to help in starting installations of Fedora/Red
Hat Enterprise Linux related distributions inside of virtual machines.
The new virt-manager release enables the management of inactive domains.
This requires an update to the supporting APIs in the python-virtinst used
for installation of guest virtual machines.
All users of python-virtinst should upgrade to this updated package, which
contains these enhancements.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 224593 - virt-install does not allow for HVM serial console capture
- BZ - 243465 - Update to 0.103.0 to support requirements of virt-manager
- BZ - 249708 - [RHEL5 U1] virt-install needs option to turn off auto-boot after install
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 594d22491d5d9c7b1dfcdf2f4f09ffc43e74b6ae447477501d65df1832d2494b |
x86_64 | |
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d1e217ca6922e83b9a85961743e10f241192b550fd2d1dbd2688afba7e4a743 |
ia64 | |
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d1e217ca6922e83b9a85961743e10f241192b550fd2d1dbd2688afba7e4a743 |
i386 | |
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d1e217ca6922e83b9a85961743e10f241192b550fd2d1dbd2688afba7e4a743 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 594d22491d5d9c7b1dfcdf2f4f09ffc43e74b6ae447477501d65df1832d2494b |
x86_64 | |
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d1e217ca6922e83b9a85961743e10f241192b550fd2d1dbd2688afba7e4a743 |
i386 | |
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9d1e217ca6922e83b9a85961743e10f241192b550fd2d1dbd2688afba7e4a743 |
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