Synopsis

redhat-release enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

A new redhat-release package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9.

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 5.9.

Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 are advised to install this new package.

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 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 - 800532 - Need 10-year certs on AMIs
• BZ - 800902 - [LTC 5.9 FEAT] Need flex library 64-bit on PPC64
• BZ - 805549 - Missing 32bit java-1.6.0-sun packages in x86_64 variants
• BZ - 808198 - prevent kernel rpms from getting installed on ec2 RHEL 5x ami's
• BZ - 847779 - SRPM TPS Test Failures due to New unexpected package being built
• BZ - 864121 - arptables_jf.ppc64 does not exist in ppc repository
• BZ - 869809 - Hyper V KVP Daemon does not auto load on RHEL 5.9

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Server-5.9.0.2.src.rpm	SHA-256: c810520a2762fb4b36f8f94a27844131021e30bee564a23211421bef8d096174
x86_64
redhat-release-5Server-5.9.0.2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a8825e8f41dca92dbc74afe174ec349c23ab47c653de01e40fc3ffd2a49cbcb2
ia64
redhat-release-5Server-5.9.0.2.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: deb93b8ab6474a402b92c0b4aa3278352111ab164db8f0e708c1493db616a8e1
i386
redhat-release-5Server-5.9.0.2.i386.rpm	SHA-256: fdeec7048dffae78e89dd227a018c876b24fbfcc07fd553c961a3c2e8b7fcaa1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Client-5.9.0.2.src.rpm	SHA-256: 93e4653e659a1c7081024524bb4b088efa94bd24493d7a5e24d451e3120b41ea
x86_64
redhat-release-5Client-5.9.0.2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 92c8393511b95a4132b29e2baa99d1077c702bdc145a7aa3286c00fbe7da933e
i386
redhat-release-5Client-5.9.0.2.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 8f7b758741c4633150fcc7427027ca2bc61c019f119dc8d260448c2bff392f8f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Client-5.9.0.2.src.rpm	SHA-256: 93e4653e659a1c7081024524bb4b088efa94bd24493d7a5e24d451e3120b41ea
x86_64
redhat-release-5Client-5.9.0.2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 92c8393511b95a4132b29e2baa99d1077c702bdc145a7aa3286c00fbe7da933e
i386
redhat-release-5Client-5.9.0.2.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 8f7b758741c4633150fcc7427027ca2bc61c019f119dc8d260448c2bff392f8f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Server-5.9.0.2.src.rpm	SHA-256: c810520a2762fb4b36f8f94a27844131021e30bee564a23211421bef8d096174
s390x
redhat-release-5Server-5.9.0.2.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: c97075e847ee34e11fafb7c3af6661bf70f3b21e4ae34007ecb96608fae2698f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Server-5.9.0.2.src.rpm	SHA-256: c810520a2762fb4b36f8f94a27844131021e30bee564a23211421bef8d096174
ppc
redhat-release-5Server-5.9.0.2.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: f6e414b44eecabb7cf6d8048dc8abf1970ee480b6e0eef6661319999647ea9fe

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
redhat-release-5Server-5.9.0.2.src.rpm	SHA-256: c810520a2762fb4b36f8f94a27844131021e30bee564a23211421bef8d096174
x86_64
redhat-release-5Server-5.9.0.2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a8825e8f41dca92dbc74afe174ec349c23ab47c653de01e40fc3ffd2a49cbcb2
i386
redhat-release-5Server-5.9.0.2.i386.rpm	SHA-256: fdeec7048dffae78e89dd227a018c876b24fbfcc07fd553c961a3c2e8b7fcaa1