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

RHBA-2013:1739 - readahead bug fix update

Synopsis

readahead bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated readahead packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The readahead packages provide an utility that reads the contents of a list of files into memory. The files are read from the cache directory when they are actually needed. Its goal is to speed up the boot process.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • The readahead-collect tool of the readahead package delayed the startup process of the auditd daemon on system boot. This could have caused various problems with auditing, kdump and runlevel switching. To speed up the boot process, readhead is now turned off by default. If needed, readhead can be turned on by editing the /etc/sysconfig/readahead file. (BZ#1017072)

Users of readahead are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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

  • readahead-1.5.6-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • readahead-1.5.6-2.el6.s390x.rpm
  • readahead-debuginfo-1.5.6-2.el6.i686.rpm
  • readahead-1.5.6-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • readahead-debuginfo-1.5.6-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • readahead-1.5.6-2.el6.src.rpm
  • readahead-debuginfo-1.5.6-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • readahead-1.5.6-2.el6.i686.rpm
  • readahead-debuginfo-1.5.6-2.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information