Issued:
2009-02-11
Updated:
2009-09-02

RHBA-2009:0279 - system-config-date bug fix update

Synopsis

system-config-date bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated system-config-date package that fixes a bug when run by firstboot is now available.

Description

system-config-date is a graphical interface for changing the system date and time, configuring the system time zone, and setting up the NTP daemon to synchronize the time of the system with an NTP time server.

When run as part of firstboot, system-config-date erroneously deleted some widgets instead of hiding them. This caused "An error has occurred in the timezone module..." errors to present when trying to display the time-zone screen. With this update the widgets are, correctly, hidden and not removed, ensuring the time-zone screen displays as expected.

All users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.

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 This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • system-config-date-1.8.12-4.el5.noarch.rpm
  • system-config-date-1.8.12-4.el5.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information