Issued:
2013-02-20
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0350 - subscription-manager bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

subscription-manager bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated subscription-manager packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The subscription-manager packages provide programs and libraries to allow users to manage subscriptions and yum repositories from the Red Hat Entitlement platform.

The subscription-manager packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.1.15, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#860291)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

  • The dbus packages, which contain the D-BUS communication system, are not included in the minimal installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. However, the subscription-manager utility depends on dbus, which could previously cause subscription-manager to terminate unexpectedly with a traceback during the registration process. The system was registered successfully but the rhsmcertd daemon was not able to communicate with subscription manager servers, such as candlepin, Subscription Asset Manager, or katello. With this update, subscription-manager exits without a traceback when dbus is not present on the system. To ensure proper communication with the subscription manager servers, install dbus manually by running "yum install dbus". (BZ#785265)

  • Due to an incorrect error handling of invalid system names, the system could be left in unusable state during the first boot process. The handling of invalid system names has been fixed and first boot proceeds properly as expected. (BZ#865954)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

  • With this update, the subscribe-manager "unsubscribe" command has been renamed to "remove". (BZ#874749)

  • With this update, the subscribe-manager "subscribe" command has been renamed to "attach". This change includes also the references to the "subscribe" command, such as "--auto-subscribe", which has been renamed to "--auto-attach". (BZ#874776, BZ#874804)

All users of subscription-manager are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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 Scientific Computing6x86_64
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

  • subscription-manager-migration-1.1.23-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-1.1.23-1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.1.23-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-1.1.23-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-migration-1.1.23-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-1.1.23-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-1.1.23-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gui-1.1.23-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gui-1.1.23-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gui-1.1.23-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-1.1.23-1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-1.1.23-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gui-1.1.23-1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-migration-1.1.23-1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.1.23-1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-1.1.23-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-1.1.23-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.1.23-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-1.1.23-1.el6.src.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.1.23-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-migration-1.1.23-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information