RHEA-2016:2158 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An update for anaconda is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The anaconda packages contain parts of the Anaconda installation program that allows reconfiguration and advanced installation options.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of anaconda are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

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

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.3 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.3 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1118727 - [de_DE] Wrong button label
• BZ - 1130268 - [RFE] preserve rhsm.log from anaconda install after install (ala anaconda logs)
• BZ - 1170653 - [RFE] Anaconda warning for LDL low level formatted disks.
• BZ - 1170656 - [RFE] Anaconda action for CDL formatting for LDL low level formatted disks.
• BZ - 1191305 - Hot add disk to VM does not refresh "Installation Destination" screen
• BZ - 1200833 - [RFE] Unmatched devices with ignoredisk and clearpart cause kickstart scripts to fail
• BZ - 1227939 - anaconda-ks.cfg is different from the one used for installation
• BZ - 1229474 - RFC: anaconda appears to generate salt password strings from a pseudo random number generator
• BZ - 1235726 - installer should not present unsupported languages
• BZ - 1240410 - [RFE] add sshkey kickstart option to rhel 7
• BZ - 1243929 - No way to override CSS styling on nav area text items
• BZ - 1249750 - Two ifcfg files for one interface when installing with net.ifnames=0
• BZ - 1254929 - network team device configuration in kickstart pre section not working
• BZ - 1255094 - Bad error message during package installation in GUI
• BZ - 1255280 - Cannot find iSCSI storage when RHEL 7.2 in device with both local and iSCSI storage
• BZ - 1255858 - kickstart guided install reboots at|before preparing for install
• BZ - 1259437 - unformatted and LDL DASD disks not formatted during kickstart installation in text mode
• BZ - 1261024 - Cannot use driverdisk from http
• BZ - 1263367 - RFE: Merge GitHub PR#16
• BZ - 1264328 - Improperly formatted text when disk space is too small
• BZ - 1267353 - TUI doesn't provide an option to enter IPv6 netmask
• BZ - 1267673 - Minimal RAM requirements are not checked correctly
• BZ - 1267881 - RFE: Don't chop off text in the middle of words when moving to new line in text mode
• BZ - 1269195 - AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'name'
• BZ - 1270354 - Change to network state should refresh software sources
• BZ - 1271766 - IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/mnt/sysimage/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/langpacks.conf'
• BZ - 1273323 - Don't set NM_CONTROLLED=no for devices used for root on iSCSI
• BZ - 1280371 - %post -erroronfail does require input even with inst.cmdline
• BZ - 1284165 - misspelling of "occurred" in hardware error window title text
• BZ - 1285519 - RFE: provide a way to prevent creating artifacts with internal pathnames, e.g. anaconda-ks.cfg
• BZ - 1287438 - installation fails due to insufficient space problem in tmpfs with 2GB RAM
• BZ - 1288636 - Access to the payload class unavailable from anaconda addons
• BZ - 1289577 - Unify columns in disk selection dialogs
• BZ - 1290858 - Anaconda includes DHCP announced hostname in /etc/hostname
• BZ - 1292613 - Race condition between NetworkManager and anaconda on IPv6-only hosts
• BZ - 1292928 - "systemctl enable initial-setup-graphical.target" is not working when VM is created from template
• BZ - 1293051 - inst.dhcpclass is not passed up the stack
• BZ - 1293539 - rhel7 instalation creates two network devices for just one network device
• BZ - 1297380 - Missing local (file:/) kickstart file with inst.text combination starts the automatic installation
• BZ - 1297688 - During the installation ,Configure volume group ,Size policy "Fixed" wrong translated into Chinese.
• BZ - 1302747 - Encrypted swap partition not used after installation
• BZ - 1309661 - For static iBFT configuration editable ibft0 connection is exposed in Anaconda UI
• BZ - 1311184 - Add %pre-install patch
• BZ - 1311512 - list-harddrives shows software RAID devices
• BZ - 1311755 - [RFE] Backport sshkey feature from Fedora
• BZ - 1312135 - timezone.py defaults to LOCAL time when using a kickstart file where timezone is not specified
• BZ - 1313173 - The physical network interface is configured even when the vlan interface is defined in kickstart
• BZ - 1314451 - Untranslated label in anaconda
• BZ - 1315843 - GLib.Error: g-dbus-error-quark: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InavlidArgs: No such property 'PermHwAddress' (16)
• BZ - 1316088 - Two same dialog windows to format DASD disks with CDL
• BZ - 1317558 - AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'connect'
• BZ - 1324889 - Move the Metacity window manager overrides to Anaconda
• BZ - 1325134 - Anaconda disallows installing booloader to offload iSCSI device (qla4xxx)
• BZ - 1325707 - anaconda can't clear partitions if existing mdraid is in process of resync
• BZ - 1327456 - During installation, screenshot can not be taken with Shift + Printscreen key combination in RHEL7.2
• BZ - 1331054 - traceback on invalid netmask in TUI: Error: g-io-error-quark: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Settings.Connection.MissingProperty: ipv4.addresses: this property cannot be empty for 'method=manual' (36)
• BZ - 1337595 - Anaconda's installclass should recognize RHEVH as a RHEL variant (and breaks EFI support)
• BZ - 1341636 - network --onboot=yes causes device to be activated irrespective of --activate setting
• BZ - 1342639 - Installation using liveimg does not apply configuration of the ks network directive
• BZ - 1355795 - Boot drive should fallback to --driveorder parameter or disk with /boot on it
• BZ - 1358795 - bond and team devices configured in kickstart are activated in installer regardless of --activate option
• BZ - 1364539 - In some cases the TUI user is told to press a key but a different key is expected
• BZ - 1371188 - [anaconda ibft] Disabling ibft plugin by removing conf.d/10-ibft-plugin.conf stopped working in 7.3

CVEs

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References

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