Synopsis

New redhat-release package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

A new redhat-release package is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1.

Description

The redhat-release package identifies the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This new package reflects changes made for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1.

Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 should upgrade to this updated package.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download
and update your packages. To do so, run the following command (as root):

pup

Alternatively, for a command-line interface, run the following command instead:

yum update

To register your system to RHN, use the following command:

rhn_register

For information on how to manually install or remove packages, refer to the
following link:

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_80_11223.shtm

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
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 235944 - libacl package missing on RHEL5 ia64 compat-layer CD
• BZ - 245992 - need new crash-devel package
• BZ - 246240 - Need multilib keyutils-libs
• BZ - 246253 - We would like to include the RHX public key in to the redhat-release package.
• BZ - 323171 - DomHVM hungs by guest firmware regression

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Server-5.1.0.2.src.rpm	SHA-256: 835be4dd7230377015e94fa0537716befb8d9093a11c57c0e5acc4caa7d10e32
x86_64
redhat-release-5Server-5.1.0.2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3d0a83c8af762c98d4cb6a900a4e1df3d34bfcdac66de8dd1fb0f0fb538360c6
ia64
redhat-release-5Server-5.1.0.2.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 1a02842be8993e359766eefdb9dced08468b813ca99b27416cf0fdba40e486ae
i386
redhat-release-5Server-5.1.0.2.i386.rpm	SHA-256: a964239fd0cc3fb1ac6050b76560648ae625d014fb112a4c17f66f0e0668f49c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Client-5.1.0.2.src.rpm	SHA-256: fd34d347e53160da0367c6eab9970fb2ff2702d6ad32612187773e88afa5bd35
x86_64
redhat-release-5Client-5.1.0.2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 045c90ca82a4bbc8b76269fd08924312ec4b45998d4cf4417ca37da21467b08e
i386
redhat-release-5Client-5.1.0.2.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 859d11a717c6efc9d66bd5dae0bdf395cb733fd184a6438f0b387a76d0ed2ba8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Client-5.1.0.2.src.rpm	SHA-256: fd34d347e53160da0367c6eab9970fb2ff2702d6ad32612187773e88afa5bd35
x86_64
redhat-release-5Client-5.1.0.2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 045c90ca82a4bbc8b76269fd08924312ec4b45998d4cf4417ca37da21467b08e
i386
redhat-release-5Client-5.1.0.2.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 859d11a717c6efc9d66bd5dae0bdf395cb733fd184a6438f0b387a76d0ed2ba8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Server-5.1.0.2.src.rpm	SHA-256: 835be4dd7230377015e94fa0537716befb8d9093a11c57c0e5acc4caa7d10e32
s390x
redhat-release-5Server-5.1.0.2.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 56f4c8766c6e36ec5f7c21403256c097ca7b223381b261e60b6ec940dbc80fd9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Server-5.1.0.2.src.rpm	SHA-256: 835be4dd7230377015e94fa0537716befb8d9093a11c57c0e5acc4caa7d10e32
ppc
redhat-release-5Server-5.1.0.2.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 512e7dd2685459688ea48c3e930deb6f017552fe3af5710c683dfc13ef7fc1bd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Server-5.1.0.2.src.rpm	SHA-256: 835be4dd7230377015e94fa0537716befb8d9093a11c57c0e5acc4caa7d10e32
x86_64
redhat-release-5Server-5.1.0.2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3d0a83c8af762c98d4cb6a900a4e1df3d34bfcdac66de8dd1fb0f0fb538360c6
i386
redhat-release-5Server-5.1.0.2.i386.rpm	SHA-256: a964239fd0cc3fb1ac6050b76560648ae625d014fb112a4c17f66f0e0668f49c