Issued:
2013-05-30
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:0879 - createrepo bug fix update

Synopsis

createrepo bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated createrepo package that fixes two bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The createrepo package contains a utility that generates a common metadata repository from a directory of RPM packages.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, a time-stamp check did not pass if a file did not exist. As a consequence, an empty repository was incorrectly flagged as being up to date and the "createrepo --checkts" command performed no action on an empty repository. With this update, missing file is now considered as a failure, and not a pass. The "createrepo --checkts" command now properly creates a new repository when called on an empty repository. (BZ#877301)

  • The --basedir, --retain-old-md, and --update-md-path options were reported only in the createrepo utility help message but not in the man page. This update amends the man page and the options are now properly documented in both the help message and the man page. (BZ#892657)

Users of createrepo are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes 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 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

  • createrepo-0.9.9-18.el6.noarch.rpm
  • createrepo-0.9.9-18.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information