Issued:

2014-09-16

Updated:

2014-09-16

RHBA-2014:1225 - subscription-manager bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

subscription-manager bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated subscription-manager packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The Subscription Manager packages provide programs and libraries to allow users to manage subscriptions and yum repositories from the Red Hat entitlement platform.

This update fixes multiple bugs and adds various enhancements, the most notable of which are detailed below.

• This update adds support for repository overrides to the Subscription Manager. Repositories are now written with server-side overrides taken into account. This feature gives more control in managed environments. (BZ#1086316)

• This update adds the "Quantity Needed" field in the output of the "subscription-manager list --available" command. The value in this field is the suggested quantity of subscription instances needed to achieve compliance. Note that the maximum suggested quantity is the number of subscriptions available for the user, even if more are required for compliance. This feature prevents the Subscription Manager from using "1" as a default quantity and also ensures better parity with the GUI tool. (BZ#1088372)

• This update adds the "Subscription Type" field in the output of the "subscription-manager list --available" command. This field displays the subscription type, for example "Instance Based", and also supports new types on old clients. (BZ#1086290)

• This update adds the rhsm-debug tool to the subscription-manager packages to improve debugging of subscription-related problems. (BZ#1039653)

Users of subscription-manager 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

Updated Packages

• subscription-manager-1.11.3-10.el5.i386.rpm
• subscription-manager-1.11.3-10.el5.s390x.rpm
• python-rhsm-debuginfo-1.11.3-5.el5.ia64.rpm
• subscription-manager-migration-data-2.0.10-1.el5.noarch.rpm
• subscription-manager-gui-1.11.3-10.el5.x86_64.rpm
• subscription-manager-firstboot-1.11.3-10.el5.x86_64.rpm
• python-rhsm-1.11.3-5.el5.i386.rpm
• subscription-manager-firstboot-1.11.3-10.el5.ia64.rpm
• subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.11.3-10.el5.ppc.rpm
• subscription-manager-gui-1.11.3-10.el5.ia64.rpm
• subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.11.3-10.el5.i386.rpm
• subscription-manager-gui-1.11.3-10.el5.ppc.rpm
• subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.11.3-10.el5.s390x.rpm
• subscription-manager-migration-1.11.3-10.el5.ppc.rpm
• subscription-manager-migration-data-2.0.10-1.el5.src.rpm
• subscription-manager-1.11.3-10.el5.x86_64.rpm
• subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.11.3-10.el5.ia64.rpm
• python-rhsm-debuginfo-1.11.3-5.el5.i386.rpm
• python-rhsm-1.11.3-5.el5.x86_64.rpm
• python-rhsm-debuginfo-1.11.3-5.el5.ppc.rpm
• subscription-manager-1.11.3-10.el5.src.rpm
• python-rhsm-1.11.3-5.el5.ppc.rpm
• subscription-manager-migration-1.11.3-10.el5.s390x.rpm
• python-rhsm-1.11.3-5.el5.src.rpm
• subscription-manager-firstboot-1.11.3-10.el5.ppc.rpm
• subscription-manager-1.11.3-10.el5.ia64.rpm
• subscription-manager-migration-1.11.3-10.el5.x86_64.rpm
• python-rhsm-debuginfo-1.11.3-5.el5.x86_64.rpm
• subscription-manager-1.11.3-10.el5.ppc.rpm
• python-rhsm-1.11.3-5.el5.ia64.rpm
• subscription-manager-gui-1.11.3-10.el5.s390x.rpm
• subscription-manager-gui-1.11.3-10.el5.i386.rpm
• subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.11.3-10.el5.x86_64.rpm
• subscription-manager-migration-1.11.3-10.el5.ia64.rpm
• subscription-manager-migration-1.11.3-10.el5.i386.rpm
• subscription-manager-firstboot-1.11.3-10.el5.i386.rpm
• subscription-manager-firstboot-1.11.3-10.el5.s390x.rpm
• python-rhsm-1.11.3-5.el5.s390x.rpm
• python-rhsm-debuginfo-1.11.3-5.el5.s390x.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 840415
• This content is not included.BZ - 855050
• This content is not included.BZ - 1035440
• This content is not included.BZ - 1039653
• This content is not included.BZ - 1080072
• This content is not included.BZ - 1086290
• This content is not included.BZ - 1086316
• This content is not included.BZ - 1086377
• This content is not included.BZ - 1087603
• This content is not included.BZ - 1087614
• This content is not included.BZ - 1087620
• This content is not included.BZ - 1088372
• This content is not included.BZ - 1088507
• This content is not included.BZ - 1090206
• This content is not included.BZ - 1090350
• This content is not included.BZ - 1090560
• This content is not included.BZ - 1092594
• This content is not included.BZ - 1092754
• This content is not included.BZ - 1093201
• This content is not included.BZ - 1093382
• This content is not included.BZ - 1094869
• This content is not included.BZ - 1095938
• This content is not included.BZ - 1100872
• This content is not included.BZ - 1101552
• This content is not included.BZ - 1104498
• This content is not included.BZ - 1104506
• This content is not included.BZ - 1105279
• This content is not included.BZ - 1105656
• This content is not included.BZ - 1108257
• This content is not included.BZ - 1117374
• This content is not included.BZ - 1117515
• This content is not included.BZ - 1117521
• This content is not included.BZ - 1117535
• This content is not included.BZ - 1118012

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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