Issued:
2013-10-01
Updated:
2013-10-01

RHBA-2013:1388 - subscription-manager and python-rhsm bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

subscription-manager and python-rhsm bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The python-rhsm packages provide a library for communicating with the representational state transfer (REST) interface of Red Hat's subscription and content service. The Subscription Management tools use this interface to manage system entitlements, certificates, and content access.

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

  • The python-rhsm packages have been upgraded to the latest upstream version, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#967460)

  • The subscription-manager packages have been upgraded to the latest upstream version, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#967476)

  • The subscription-manager-migration-data packages have been upgraded to the latest upstream version, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#967478)

Users of subscription-manager and python-rhsm 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support6.3ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support6.3s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node6.3x86_64

Updated Packages

  • subscription-manager-firstboot-1.8.22-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-1.8.22-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
  • python-rhsm-debuginfo-1.8.17-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-migration-1.8.22-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-1.8.22-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-1.8.22-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-1.8.22-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-1.8.22-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-1.8.22-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.8.22-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gui-1.8.22-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
  • python-rhsm-debuginfo-1.8.17-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-migration-1.8.22-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
  • python-rhsm-1.8.17-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
  • python-rhsm-1.8.17-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
  • python-rhsm-debuginfo-1.8.17-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gui-1.8.22-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-migration-1.8.22-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.8.22-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.8.22-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
  • subscription-manager-migration-1.8.22-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
  • python-rhsm-1.8.17-1.el6_3.src.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gui-1.8.22-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-1.8.22-1.el6_3.src.rpm
  • subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.8.22-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
  • python-rhsm-1.8.17-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
  • python-rhsm-debuginfo-1.8.17-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
  • subscription-manager-firstboot-1.8.22-1.el6_3.s390x.rpm
  • python-rhsm-1.8.17-1.el6_3.i686.rpm
  • subscription-manager-gui-1.8.22-1.el6_3.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information