Issued:

2014-09-16

Updated:

2014-09-16

RHBA-2014:1215 - rhn-client-tools bug fix update

Synopsis

rhn-client-tools bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rhn-client-tools packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

Red Hat Network Client Tools provide programs and libraries that allow a system to receive software updates from Red Hat Network.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Red Hat Network Client Tools did not count the CPU socket information on certain systems properly. With this update, rhn-client-tools parse the /proc/cpuinfo file correctly and thus provide the correct CPU socket information for all systems. (BZ#1093157)

• The error logging module did not correctly determine sub-classes of YUM errors, causing such errors to throw a traceback rather than being correctly logged or reported on the command line. This update ensures that all errors are logged and reported properly by correcting the error inheritance structure. (BZ#751294)

• The rhn-client-tools sub-package did not correctly mark itself as conflicting with old versions of the rhn-virtualization-host package, which allowed the rhn-client-tools to be installed on the system with such an old package. As a consequence, the rhn-profile-sync utility returned an "exceptions.TypeError: refresh() takes no arguments (1 given)" traceback when it was run. With this update, the conflicting package versions are correctly marked in the rhn-client-tools spec file, which prevents installations of incompatible packages. (BZ#919432)

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

Updated Packages

• rhn-check-0.4.20.1-9.el5.noarch.rpm
• rhn-setup-0.4.20.1-9.el5.noarch.rpm
• rhn-client-tools-0.4.20.1-9.el5.noarch.rpm
• rhn-client-tools-0.4.20.1-9.el5.src.rpm
• rhn-setup-gnome-0.4.20.1-9.el5.noarch.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 751294
• This content is not included.BZ - 919432
• This content is not included.BZ - 1093157

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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