RHEA-2012:0775 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated febootstrap packages that fix multiple bugs and add various enhancements
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The febootstrap packages provide a tool to create a basic Red Hat Enterprise
Linux or Fedora filesystem, and builds initramfs (initrd.img) or filesystem
images.

The febootstrap packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.12, which
provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
(BZ#719877)

All febootstrap users are advised upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 719877 - Rebase febootstrap in RHEL 6.3

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)