Issued:
2015-07-22
Updated:
2015-07-22

RHBA-2015:1396 - redhat-rpm-config bug fix update

Synopsis

redhat-rpm-config bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated redhat-rpm-config package that fixes several bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The redhat-rpm-config package is used during the build of RPM packages to apply various default distribution options determined by Red Hat. Also, redhat-rpm-config provides a few Red Hat RPM macro customizations, such as those used during the building of Driver Update packages.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, the find-requires.ksyms script provided by the redhat-rpm-config package could not locate the kernel Application Binary Interface (ABI) reference files provided by the kabi-whitelists package. As a consequence, building an RPM that contained a kernel module (*.ko) resulted in the "KERNEL ABI COMPATIBILITY WARNING" error message, and no compatibility check was performed. With this update, the kernel ABI reference files can be successfully located, and ABI compatibility of kernel object files can now be verified in the described situation. (BZ#842761)

  • RPM scans files during the build process for dependencies, and if a file is accidentally detected as a script by libmagic, RPM parses the first line for the "#!" string to get the interpreter. Previously, RPM could pick up random data if the "#!" string was not included at the beginning of the file. With this update, the RPM verification process is more thorough, and incorrect requirements are no longer picked up. (BZ#1179521)

  • With this update, the redhat-rpm-config package has been added as a dependency of the rpm-build package. A new RPM virtual provide has been added to the system-rpm-config package, which allows system-rpm-config to be required by rpm-build while still being able to be replaced by a third party package. (BZ#1199983)

Users of redhat-rpm-config are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/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

  • redhat-rpm-config-9.0.3-44.el6.noarch.rpm
  • redhat-rpm-config-9.0.3-44.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information