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

RHBA-2013:0107 - hal bug fix update

Synopsis

hal bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated hal packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The HAL daemon collects and maintains information about the hardware on the system from several sources, and provides a live device list through D-BUS.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, the HAL daemon sometimes identified a non-existent error when running a new process and displayed the following warning:

      Warning: Error while wite r->input () to stdin_v.

    This bug has been fixed and the HAL daemon now works properly in the described scenario. (BZ#704079)

  • The previous version of the hal package did not provide a manual page for the hal-device utility. This update adds the hal-device(1) manual page to this package. (BZ#555303)

All users of hal 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

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

  • hal-devel-0.5.8.1-64.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • hal-0.5.8.1-64.el5.src.rpm
  • hal-debuginfo-0.5.8.1-64.el5.ppc.rpm
  • hal-debuginfo-0.5.8.1-64.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • hal-debuginfo-0.5.8.1-64.el5.s390.rpm
  • hal-debuginfo-0.5.8.1-64.el5.s390x.rpm
  • hal-debuginfo-0.5.8.1-64.el5.ia64.rpm
  • hal-0.5.8.1-64.el5.s390.rpm
  • hal-gnome-0.5.8.1-64.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • hal-devel-0.5.8.1-64.el5.s390.rpm
  • hal-devel-0.5.8.1-64.el5.s390x.rpm
  • hal-devel-0.5.8.1-64.el5.i386.rpm
  • hal-debuginfo-0.5.8.1-64.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • hal-devel-0.5.8.1-64.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • hal-0.5.8.1-64.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • hal-debuginfo-0.5.8.1-64.el5.i386.rpm
  • hal-0.5.8.1-64.el5.ppc.rpm
  • hal-0.5.8.1-64.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • hal-gnome-0.5.8.1-64.el5.ppc.rpm
  • hal-0.5.8.1-64.el5.s390x.rpm
  • hal-gnome-0.5.8.1-64.el5.i386.rpm
  • hal-gnome-0.5.8.1-64.el5.s390x.rpm
  • hal-0.5.8.1-64.el5.i386.rpm
  • hal-devel-0.5.8.1-64.el5.ppc.rpm
  • hal-0.5.8.1-64.el5.ia64.rpm
  • hal-gnome-0.5.8.1-64.el5.ia64.rpm
  • hal-devel-0.5.8.1-64.el5.ia64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information