- Issued:
- 2012-02-20
- Updated:
- 2012-02-20
RHBA-2011:1786 - acpid bug fix update
Synopsis
acpid bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory (none)
Topic
An updated acpid package that fixes two bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The acpid package contains a daemon that dispatches Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) events to user-space programs.
This update fixes the following bugs:
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Prior to this update, the acpid daemon repeatedly wrote a number of CPU events to the /var/log/acpid file on certain hardware that was set up for high performance. With this update, the acpid daemon has been optimized so that the CPU events are no longer logged to /var/log/acpid. (BZ#729769)
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The acpid package contains a trigger scriptlet that returns a non-zero exit code if the /var/log/acpid log file does not exist. Prior to this update, if the acpid daemon was installed but never started on the system and the /var/log/acpid file did not exist, the scriptlet did not function properly and caused the package update process to fail, which could have resulted in two different acpid packages being installed on the system and registered with the RPM database (rpmdb). With this update, the acpid package has removed the spurious acpid record from rpmdb so that the problem is now fixed. (BZ#545760)
All users of acpid are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes 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
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- acpid-1.0.4-12.el5.x86_64.rpm
- acpid-1.0.4-12.el5.ia64.rpm
- acpid-1.0.4-12.el5.i386.rpm
- acpid-1.0.4-12.el5.src.rpm
Fixes
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/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.