Issued:
2008-05-20
Updated:
2008-05-21

RHEA-2008:0436 - new package: redhat-release for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2


Synopsis

new package: redhat-release for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

A new redhat-release package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2.

Description

The redhat-release package contains licensing information regarding, and identifies the installed version of, Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This new package reflects changes made for the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2.

Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 should upgrade to this updated package.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download and update your packages. To do so, run the following command (as root):

pup

Alternatively, for a command-line interface, run the following command instead:

yum update

To register your system to RHN, use the following command:

rhn_register

For information on how to manually install or remove packages, refer to the following link:

This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_80_11223.shtm

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.x86_64.rpm
  • redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.i386.rpm
  • redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.ppc.rpm
  • redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.s390x.rpm
  • redhat-release-5Client-5.2.0.4.src.rpm
  • redhat-release-5Client-5.2.0.4.i386.rpm
  • redhat-release-5Client-5.2.0.4.x86_64.rpm
  • redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.ia64.rpm
  • redhat-release-5Server-5.2.0.4.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information