Issued:
2012-02-20
Updated:
2012-02-20

RHEA-2012:0315 - redhat-release enhancement update

Synopsis

redhat-release enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

A new redhat-release package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8.

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 5.8.

Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 are advised to install this new package.

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 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-5Client-5.8.0.3.src.rpm
  • redhat-release-5Server-5.8.0.3.src.rpm
  • redhat-release-5Server-5.8.0.3.ppc.rpm
  • redhat-release-5Client-5.8.0.3.x86_64.rpm
  • redhat-release-5Server-5.8.0.3.ia64.rpm
  • redhat-release-5Client-5.8.0.3.i386.rpm
  • redhat-release-5Server-5.8.0.3.x86_64.rpm
  • redhat-release-5Server-5.8.0.3.s390x.rpm
  • redhat-release-5Server-5.8.0.3.i386.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information