Issued:

2012-02-20

Updated:

2012-02-20

RHBA-2011:1490 - system-config-date bug fix update

Synopsis

system-config-date bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated system-config-date package that fixes a bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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.

This updated system-config-date package fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, the system-config-date program set date and time in two separate steps which sometimes caused time update threads in Xen virtual machines (VMs) to become unresponsive. This version sets date and time together in one step. As a result, any Xen VMs running on the host no longer hang during the date and time update process. (BZ#529071)

All users of system-config-date are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

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

Updated Packages

• system-config-date-1.8.12-5.el5.src.rpm
• system-config-date-1.8.12-5.el5.noarch.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 529071

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
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