Issued:
2013-11-20
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:1702 - rhn-client-tools bug fix update

Synopsis

rhn-client-tools bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

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

Description

Red Hat Network Client Tools provide programs and libraries that allow the system to receive software updates from Red Hat Network (RHN).

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, the rhn-channel manual page incorrectly referred to the "--username" option instead of "--user". This mistake has been corrected and the rhn-channel manual page now correctly refers to the "--user" option. (BZ#891746)

  • Prior to this update, some messages written in English occurred in the Japanese installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4. The untranslated strings have been translated, and the messages are now shown in the correct language. (BZ#912984)

  • Previously, the rhn-client-tools code called by the sosreport utility on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 terminated unexpectedly with a traceback. The bug has been fixed and and the information about hardware is now correctly gathered by sosreport. (BZ#983999)

  • Previously, a machine with many CPUs could report large value for idle time for all its processors. Consequently, the idle time value did not fit into XML-RPC's integer limits and running the rhn_check command on a problematic machine resulted in a traceback error. The bug has been fixed and rhn_check in the problematic scenarios works now correctly. (BZ#994531)

  • Previously, the rhn-profile-sync utility terminated unexpectedly with a traceback when an older version of the rhn-virtualization-host package was installed on the machine. The bug has been fixed by requiring a newer version of rhn-virtualization-host. (BZ#997637)

Users of rhn-client-tools 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/site/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

  • rhn-setup-1.0.0.1-16.el6.noarch.rpm
  • rhn-client-tools-1.0.0.1-16.el6.noarch.rpm
  • rhn-client-tools-1.0.0.1-16.el6.src.rpm
  • rhn-check-1.0.0.1-16.el6.noarch.rpm
  • rhn-setup-gnome-1.0.0.1-16.el6.noarch.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information