Issued:

2013-02-20

Updated:

2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0389 - yum-rhn-plugin bug fix update

Synopsis

yum-rhn-plugin bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated yum-rhn-plugin packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The yum-rhn-plugin packages make it possible to receive content from Red Hat Network in yum.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, yum-rhn-plugin ignored the timeout value set for yum. In some scenarios with slow networking, this could cause yum to timeout when communicating with Red Hat Network. Now, yum-rhnplugin abides by the timeout set for all yum repositories. (BZ#789092)

• Previously, the check-update utility could in certain cases incorrectly return a 0 error code if an error occurred. With this update, "1" is returned if an error occurs. (BZ#802636)

• Prior to this update, applying automatic updates with the yum-rhn-plugin utility on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 system could fail with an "empty transaction" error message. This was because the cached version of yum-rhn-plugin metadata was not up-to-date. With this update, yum-rhn-plugin downloads new metadata if available, ensuring that all packages are available for download. (BZ#824193)

• Previously, the messaging in yum-rhn-plugin was specific only to Red Hat Network Classic scenarios. This update clarifies what source yum-rhn-plugin is receiving updates from to reduce confusion. (BZ#830219)

• Prior to this update, yum-rhn-plugin did not correctly try the alternate server URLs provided if the first option failed. This update ensures that fail-over situations are handled correctly. (BZ#831234)

All users of yum-rhn-plugin 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

Updated Packages

• yum-rhn-plugin-0.9.1-43.el6.src.rpm
• yum-rhn-plugin-0.9.1-43.el6.noarch.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 830219
• This content is not included.BZ - 831234

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information

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