Synopsis

new package: redhat-release for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

A new redhat-release package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5.2.

Description

The redhat-release package contains licensing information regarding, and
identifies the installed version of, Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This new package reflects changes made for the release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.2.

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 - 216069 - Many of 'language support's are not translated.
• BZ - 222086 - missing 32-bit libraries on RHEL 5 beta2
• BZ - 255981 - ntp not available in package selection
• BZ - 413001 - redhat-release needs to be updated for 5.2
• BZ - 426280 - Ship Server applications in PPC64 as well (vs. just 32bit)
• BZ - 437258 - Flash not working with Firefox 3 beta
• BZ - 440301 - Unresolved dependencies for compat-dapl-1.2.5-2.0.7-1
• BZ - 441469 - File conflict in dapl 32/64bit packages
• BZ - 445397 - Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: extracdinstaller.

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 52f56476fb3882f25741277b18909d90c37ebedc0152590af3932058e681b3fd
x86_64
redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: c910c682f3309b1cd817bb194db3385b347c3887257f563fd8091c41b4aa57be
ia64
redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 6e2ae52b2f38fea143e8b07f18b9c2711b4cad879ba3bfd83efd211d868ce4f0
i386
redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 13c89adc96d7a8f4bb97688069f5814da50c9d3dbaa8f9c07d4fff77ab73dce9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Client-5.2.0.4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 7b16d6f6516d9cc217a84fcee82340a81a2c905c7b8119a031a5003c14e0fbca
x86_64
redhat-release-5Client-5.2.0.4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7be71e931278c4d188202074d732042811d80ea363bb30efc6ca7a32f09f0479
i386
redhat-release-5Client-5.2.0.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 9579ef9536937190c37d5566faba604c3c0a8af677ee49b9707d52f446fba7db

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Client-5.2.0.4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 7b16d6f6516d9cc217a84fcee82340a81a2c905c7b8119a031a5003c14e0fbca
x86_64
redhat-release-5Client-5.2.0.4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7be71e931278c4d188202074d732042811d80ea363bb30efc6ca7a32f09f0479
i386
redhat-release-5Client-5.2.0.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 9579ef9536937190c37d5566faba604c3c0a8af677ee49b9707d52f446fba7db

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 52f56476fb3882f25741277b18909d90c37ebedc0152590af3932058e681b3fd
s390x
redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 6a87c535c924a7e1ccd5d29f1769524390211b6c0b992438abe9c4208b7f32ef

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 52f56476fb3882f25741277b18909d90c37ebedc0152590af3932058e681b3fd
ppc
redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: b8f34c84e0e189d92d44a40204365f03eb6b4d54eb339aaf0f44ccd58ab6d77c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 52f56476fb3882f25741277b18909d90c37ebedc0152590af3932058e681b3fd
x86_64
redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: c910c682f3309b1cd817bb194db3385b347c3887257f563fd8091c41b4aa57be
i386
redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 13c89adc96d7a8f4bb97688069f5814da50c9d3dbaa8f9c07d4fff77ab73dce9