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

RHEA-2011:0587 - febootstrap enhancement update

Synopsis

febootstrap enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated febootstrap packages that add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

febootstrap is used to create a basic Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Fedora filesystem, and builds initramfs (initrd.img) or filesystem images.

This update adds the following enhancements:

  • The febootstrap packages have been upgraded to upstream version 2.11, which provides a number of bug fixes and one enhancement over the previous version. (BZ#628849)

  • This update provides the subpackage febootstrap-supermin-helper for the runtime helper program. Now, libguestfs runtime depends only on febootstrap-supermin-helper, which reduces the dependencies. (BZ#669839)

All febootstrap users are advised upgrade to these updated packages, which 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 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 Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64

Updated Packages

  • febootstrap-2.11-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • febootstrap-debuginfo-2.11-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • febootstrap-supermin-helper-2.11-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • febootstrap-2.11-7.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information