Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:1709 - firstaidkit bug fix update

Synopsis

firstaidkit bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated firstaidkit packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

FirstAidKit is a tool that runs automated diagnostics of an installed system.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, FirstAidKit's GRUB plug-in incorrectly reported failure if GRUB was installed into the Master Boot Record (MBR). Due to the plug-in being unreliable, it has been removed from the firstaidkit package. (BZ#664876)

  • The firstaidkit-plugin-grub package has been removed from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2. As a consequence, in rare cases, the system upgrade operation may fail with unresolved dependencies if the plug-in has been installed in a previous version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. To avoid this problem, the firstaidkit-plugin-grub package should be removed before upgrading the system. However, in most cases, the system upgrade completes as expected. (BZ#738563)

All users of firstaidkit are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

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 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

  • firstaidkit-0.3.2-2.el6.i686.rpm
  • firstaidkit-0.3.2-2.el6.src.rpm
  • firstaidkit-0.3.2-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • firstaidkit-plugin-all-0.3.2-2.el6.s390x.rpm
  • firstaidkit-plugin-freespace-0.3.2-2.el6.noarch.rpm
  • firstaidkit-plugin-mdadm-conf-0.3.2-2.el6.noarch.rpm
  • firstaidkit-plugin-key-recovery-0.3.2-2.el6.noarch.rpm
  • firstaidkit-plugin-openscap-0.3.2-2.el6.noarch.rpm
  • firstaidkit-plugin-all-0.3.2-2.el6.i686.rpm
  • firstaidkit-plugin-all-0.3.2-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • firstaidkit-plugin-all-0.3.2-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • firstaidkit-gui-0.3.2-2.el6.noarch.rpm
  • firstaidkit-engine-0.3.2-2.el6.noarch.rpm
  • firstaidkit-devel-0.3.2-2.el6.noarch.rpm
  • firstaidkit-plugin-passwd-0.3.2-2.el6.noarch.rpm
  • firstaidkit-0.3.2-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • firstaidkit-0.3.2-2.el6.s390x.rpm
  • firstaidkit-plugin-xserver-0.3.2-2.el6.noarch.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information