Issued:
2012-02-20
Updated:
2012-02-20

RHBA-2012:0281 - yum-utils bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

yum-utils bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated yum-utils packages that fix several bugs and add an enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The yum-utils packages provide a collection of utilities and examples for the yum package manager to make yum easier and more powerful to use.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, a yum transaction could fail with the message that a kmod package was already installed if a kmod plug-in was installed and the "installforallkernels" option set in the /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/kmod.conf file. This happened when the requested packages were located in a different repository due to an incorrect handling of repository ID resolution. With this update, the respective method has been corrected and such yum transactions are executed successfully as expected. (BZ#543649)

  • The manual page of the reposync tool contained an imprecise description of the "--arch" option. This update enhances the "--arch" option documentation. (BZ#732596)

  • Previously, a package download could fail with the error message that the package already existed and appeared to be complete. This happened if the latest version of the package was available in multiple repositories because the yumdownloader tool attempted to download the package from all the repositories. With this update, yum downloads such a package only from one repository and the update process finishes successfully in the described scenario. (BZ#711768)

  • The repomanage command failed with a traceback if it was executed on an invalid repository path. With this update, the underlying code has been modified and the command returns the "Error accessing directory" error message under these circumstances. (BZ#703372)

  • Previously, the "--count" option was incorrectly located in the "OLDKERNELS OPTIONS" section of manual pages. However, "--count" is a general option. With this update, the "--count" option has been moved to the "GENERAL OPTIONS" section. (BZ#631843)

  • Previously, the "package-cleanup --oldkernels" command could not handle kernel-PAE and kernel-xen packages and the command terminated with the following error message:

    Error all kernel rpms are set to be removed.

With this update, the kernel-PAE and kernel-xen packages are handled correctly and the specified number of packages (by default, two packages) is kept after the command has been issued. (BZ#496580)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

  • This update adds the manual page for the debuginfo-install command. (BZ#530150)

All users of yum-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add this enhancement.

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 endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • yum-protect-packages-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm
  • yum-utils-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm
  • yum-utils-1.1.16-21.el5.src.rpm
  • yum-priorities-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm
  • yum-tmprepo-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm
  • yum-protectbase-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm
  • yum-kmod-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm
  • yum-list-data-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm
  • yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm
  • yum-updateonboot-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm
  • yum-changelog-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm
  • yum-downloadonly-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm
  • yum-security-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm
  • yum-versionlock-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm
  • yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm
  • yum-filter-data-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm
  • yum-keys-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm
  • yum-aliases-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm
  • yum-verify-1.1.16-21.el5.noarch.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information