RHEA-2016:1710 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated python-lockfile packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available.

Description

python-lockfile is a platform-independent file locking module. The lockfile module exports a FileLock class which provides a simple API for locking files.

File locking assists in utilizing shared resources from external providers such as OpenStack on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization hosts.

Solution

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

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Virtualization 4.0 x86_64
• Red Hat Virtualization 4 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Virtualization for IBM Power LE 4 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Virtualization for IBM Power LE 4 for RHEL 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 1310068 - Build python-lockfile for RHEL 7 RHEV 4.0

CVEs

(none)

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#normal