Issued:
2013-01-07
Updated:
2013-01-07

RHBA-2013:0056 - etherboot bug fix update

Synopsis

etherboot bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated etherboot packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The etherboot packages provide an open-source network bootloader. Etherboot replaces the proprietary Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) ROMs. It also provides additional features, such as DNS, HTTP and iSCSI.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • The etherboot-zroms-kvm package runs the update-alternatives utility during installation; however, the chkconfig package which provides the utility was previously not required by etherboot-zroms-kvm. As a consequence, the installation could fail with a "No such file or directory" error message. The chkconfig package has been added as a dependency to ensure successful installation of etherboot-zroms-kvm. (BZ#714880)

All etherboot users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64

Updated Packages

  • etherboot-5.4.4-16.el5.src.rpm
  • etherboot-zroms-5.4.4-16.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • etherboot-roms-kvm-5.4.4-16.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • etherboot-pxes-5.4.4-16.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • etherboot-zroms-kvm-5.4.4-16.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • etherboot-roms-5.4.4-16.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information