Issued:
2009-01-20
Updated:
2009-01-20

RHEA-2009:0133 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Synopsis

new package: redhat-release

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

A new redhat-release package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5.3.

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 5.3.

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.

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
  • 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 - 143068 - .discinfo file should have something that tells it is a Update CD
  • BZ - 432811 - We should ship the EPEL gpg key in RHEL
  • BZ - 443051 - include perl-Archive-Zip in Server, for amavisd-new
  • BZ - 459537 - ecryptfs-utils should not be in the default package install
  • BZ - 460296 - openldap has new subpackage: openldap-servers-overlays
  • BZ - 460438 - comps needs update because of rpm-apidocs
  • BZ - 460915 - Remove fedora and fedora-test keys from redhat-release
  • BZ - 462336 - Please add nedit to comps for RHEL5
  • BZ - 467780 - add compat-dapl-utils to comps
  • BZ - 468433 - Installing Cluster Storage group makes xen the default kernel

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 98dd818e0f9b11a72f1fcb27d8cc17829822b707dfcec5c0c45bddb3cc1afcf2
x86_64
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d94c4f49c989de32d40d253666b7792ff7adb38b6817d58f43a5fa4a1aa61ad9
ia64
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.3.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 085ea1bd56a8401d0db7f835acac164254d71cad4d9c5a75b5093a611434b14b
i386
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: 4b9a1b8275a332f83b86c8ad2966a4bfceb0a6a7a1027be9a58e4e573bf5fffa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Client-5.3.0.3.src.rpm SHA-256: dc81f1d940acd6b63969273aea6407a0e9b23f75d6d67e1d7ad34b4b48167007
x86_64
redhat-release-5Client-5.3.0.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5b51d80678e47bcfd84f63c32b613f2f44fddddf470854eca15f45e07fc6c821
i386
redhat-release-5Client-5.3.0.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: a1a8a0f5a60a6cc53a3a907545a70830bb2455b9a2789df38232d5e3b45a5861

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Client-5.3.0.3.src.rpm SHA-256: dc81f1d940acd6b63969273aea6407a0e9b23f75d6d67e1d7ad34b4b48167007
x86_64
redhat-release-5Client-5.3.0.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5b51d80678e47bcfd84f63c32b613f2f44fddddf470854eca15f45e07fc6c821
i386
redhat-release-5Client-5.3.0.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: a1a8a0f5a60a6cc53a3a907545a70830bb2455b9a2789df38232d5e3b45a5861

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 98dd818e0f9b11a72f1fcb27d8cc17829822b707dfcec5c0c45bddb3cc1afcf2
s390x
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f47f52221bf21c51d1ec16ce3ce6122ec71174c55276cf719e6d102a2a0d0a4e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 98dd818e0f9b11a72f1fcb27d8cc17829822b707dfcec5c0c45bddb3cc1afcf2
ppc
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.3.ppc.rpm SHA-256: a1107b7359db956252bfc84ab8e806f08f24bd02beaa417785387941f303b68c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 98dd818e0f9b11a72f1fcb27d8cc17829822b707dfcec5c0c45bddb3cc1afcf2
x86_64
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d94c4f49c989de32d40d253666b7792ff7adb38b6817d58f43a5fa4a1aa61ad9
i386
redhat-release-5Server-5.3.0.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: 4b9a1b8275a332f83b86c8ad2966a4bfceb0a6a7a1027be9a58e4e573bf5fffa

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