Issued:
2010-11-10
Updated:
2010-11-10

RHBA-2010:0848 - upstart bug fix update

Synopsis

upstart bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated upstart package that fixes a bug in utmp table updating is now available.

Description

Upstart is an event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon, which handles starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shut down, and supervising them while the system is running.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • When a mingetty session is terminated, the relevant entry in the utmp table is now correctly set to "DEAD_PROCESS". (BZ#636487)

All users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue. Note that after installing this update, a system reboot is required for the above changes to take effect.

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.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • upstart-0.6.5-6.1.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
  • upstart-debuginfo-0.6.5-6.1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
  • upstart-0.6.5-6.1.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
  • upstart-debuginfo-0.6.5-6.1.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
  • upstart-debuginfo-0.6.5-6.1.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
  • upstart-0.6.5-6.1.el6_0.1.src.rpm
  • upstart-debuginfo-0.6.5-6.1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
  • upstart-0.6.5-6.1.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
  • upstart-0.6.5-6.1.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information