Issued:
2011-05-19
Updated:
2011-05-19

RHBA-2011:0724 - hal bug fix update

Synopsis

hal bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated hal package that fixes two bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

HAL is daemon for collecting and maintaining information from several sources about the hardware on a system.

  • Previously, the init script for hald did not parse a config file in /etc/sysconfig. This meant that the only way to pass extra parameters to the hald was to start them manually without the init script, or to modify the line that launches hald in the init script itself. This update changes the startup script to parse a config file in /etc/sysconfig for extra configuration parameters. (BZ#576048)

  • When checking hal-device on a device that did not exist, an error in dbus/hal communication was displayed. In this update, hal no longer tries to close shared DBus connections, and therefore avoids printing a warning. (BZ#676618)

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated hal package, which resolves these issues.

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

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 - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
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

  • hal-storage-addon-0.5.14-11.el6.i686.rpm
  • hal-libs-0.5.14-11.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • hal-docs-0.5.14-11.el6.i686.rpm
  • hal-0.5.14-11.el6.src.rpm
  • hal-libs-0.5.14-11.el6.s390.rpm
  • hal-storage-addon-0.5.14-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • hal-libs-0.5.14-11.el6.i686.rpm
  • hal-devel-0.5.14-11.el6.ppc.rpm
  • hal-libs-0.5.14-11.el6.s390x.rpm
  • hal-devel-0.5.14-11.el6.s390.rpm
  • hal-storage-addon-0.5.14-11.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • hal-0.5.14-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • hal-docs-0.5.14-11.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • hal-devel-0.5.14-11.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • hal-0.5.14-11.el6.s390x.rpm
  • hal-debuginfo-0.5.14-11.el6.i686.rpm
  • hal-docs-0.5.14-11.el6.s390x.rpm
  • hal-docs-0.5.14-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • hal-libs-0.5.14-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • hal-storage-addon-0.5.14-11.el6.s390x.rpm
  • hal-debuginfo-0.5.14-11.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • hal-debuginfo-0.5.14-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • hal-debuginfo-0.5.14-11.el6.ppc.rpm
  • hal-devel-0.5.14-11.el6.s390x.rpm
  • hal-libs-0.5.14-11.el6.ppc.rpm
  • hal-devel-0.5.14-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • hal-debuginfo-0.5.14-11.el6.s390x.rpm
  • hal-devel-0.5.14-11.el6.i686.rpm
  • hal-debuginfo-0.5.14-11.el6.s390.rpm
  • hal-0.5.14-11.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • hal-0.5.14-11.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information