Issued:
2011-05-19
Updated:
2011-05-19

RHEA-2011:0540 - redhat-release enhancement update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1

Synopsis

redhat-release enhancement update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An enhanced redhat-release package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1.

Description

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

This updated redhat-release package reflects changes made for the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1.

Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 are advised to upgrade to this updated redhat-release package, which adds this enhancement.

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

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-release-server-6Server-6.1.0.2.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • redhat-release-client-6Client-6.1.0.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • redhat-release-server-6Server-6.1.0.2.el6.s390x.rpm
  • redhat-release-client-6Client-6.1.0.2.el6.i686.rpm
  • redhat-release-server-6Server-6.1.0.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • redhat-release-workstation-6Workstation-6.1.0.2.el6.i686.rpm
  • redhat-release-computenode-6ComputeNode-6.1.0.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • redhat-release-client-6Client-6.1.0.2.el6.src.rpm
  • redhat-release-server-6Server-6.1.0.2.el6.i686.rpm
  • redhat-release-computenode-6ComputeNode-6.1.0.2.el6.src.rpm
  • redhat-release-workstation-6Workstation-6.1.0.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • redhat-release-server-6Server-6.1.0.2.el6.src.rpm
  • redhat-release-workstation-6Workstation-6.1.0.2.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information