Subject: [RHBA-2001:048-03] New Update Agent with many fixes and enhanced functionality available From: bugzilla@redhat.com Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 16:37 -0400
Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis: New Update Agent with many fixes and enhanced functionality available Advisory ID: RHBA-2001:048-03 Issue date: 2001-04-12 Updated on: 2001-04-13 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: up2date rpm rpm-python kernel upgrade dependency proxy Cross references: Obsoletes: RHBA-2000:138
1. Topic:
A new version of Update Agent is available which has more
features and fixes many bugs present in the existing Agent.
Dependency resolution is more aggressive, command line operation is
enhanced, and errata information is available.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 6.2 – alpha, i386, noarch, sparc
Red Hat Linux 7.0 – alpha, i386
3. Problem description:
This release of Update Agent fixes several problems and numerous
crashes present in the last release, 2.1.7. It also adds the
ability to view errata information on available packages, giving
you more detailed insight into why a particular package is
available. Command line functionality has been greatly enhanced.
All known critical bugs have been addressed.
In addition to Update Agent, a new version of the RHN
registration program is being bundled, which fixes some problems
with registering old older processors like Intel 486s.
Both Update Agent and the RHN registration program now support
proxies, with or without authentication.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filenames]
where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade.
Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs
which are not installed but included in the list will not be
updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your
current directly only contains the desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat
Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To
use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the
following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the
appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
for more info):
18780 - up2date/rhn proxy 32221 - rhn_register fails with large swap space 32500 - rhn_register dies on old i386 systems during /proc cpuinfo call 35440 - rhn_register crashed in a RH6.2 15647 - up2date should explain reason for update 18994 - up2date hangs durring 'Removing packages ...' 18847 - UI should not block while downloading updates 19668 - up2date chokes on unmet dependencies 19669 - up2date shouldn't always quit when done 22984 - up2date install fails if multiple versions of updateable RPMs already installed 23215 - in rhn-config the proxy url format is bad 23240 - Update Agent fails with authenticated proxies 26214 - up2date fails on headless RH7 w/o x 23225 - Up2date exits after finding unsatisfied RPM dependency 23501 - If minutes >= 60, then displays 01:60:00, say 23971 - up2date -u gives nonsensical RPM error about dependencies 28921 - No up2date-config avail w/o gnome 32301 - up2date fails with undefined symbol: fdio 35154 - need to preserve permissions across lilo.conf copies
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Linux 6.2:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/SRPMS/python-xmlrpc-1.4-0.6.x.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/SRPMS/rhn_register-1.3.2-0.6.x.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.5.3-0.6.x.src.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/alpha/python-xmlrpc-1.4-0.6.x.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/alpha/up2date-2.5.3-0.6.x.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/alpha/up2date-gnome-2.5.3-0.6.x.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/i386/python-xmlrpc-1.4-0.6.x.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/i386/up2date-2.5.3-0.6.x.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.5.3-0.6.x.i386.rpm
noarch:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/noarch/rhn_register-1.3.2-0.6.x.noarch.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/noarch/rhn_register-gnome-1.3.2-0.6.x.noarch.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/sparc/python-xmlrpc-1.4-0.6.x.sparc.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/sparc/up2date-2.5.3-0.6.x.sparc.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/sparc/up2date-gnome-2.5.3-0.6.x.sparc.rpm
Red Hat Linux 7.0:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/SRPMS/python-xmlrpc-1.4-1.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.5.3-1.src.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/alpha/python-xmlrpc-1.4-1.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/alpha/up2date-2.5.3-1.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/alpha/up2date-gnome-2.5.3-1.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i386/python-xmlrpc-1.4-1.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i386/up2date-2.5.3-1.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.5.3-1.i386.rpm
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
bd0f93225dee3e0abe158dc1e94628f3 6.2/en/os/SRPMS/python-xmlrpc-1.4-0.6.x.src.rpm 98480ddbd4c9ba07086ea2c6505e6aa6 6.2/en/os/SRPMS/rhn_register-1.3.2-0.6.x.src.rpm 4608a2bc20033106d0b1ee7d1c4d3e5a 6.2/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.5.3-0.6.x.src.rpm 8fd575f6bdd624a74006144899b59632 6.2/en/os/alpha/python-xmlrpc-1.4-0.6.x.alpha.rpm 53dc69a4c155e9e7080080585a029791 6.2/en/os/alpha/up2date-2.5.3-0.6.x.alpha.rpm 7811c874d387993c81932d2a01f98406 6.2/en/os/alpha/up2date-gnome-2.5.3-0.6.x.alpha.rpm de2d03f96758750334cf38c4f25f5d47 6.2/en/os/i386/python-xmlrpc-1.4-0.6.x.i386.rpm 07da9b3f37941a6bc0d64ff6f5e01b86 6.2/en/os/i386/up2date-2.5.3-0.6.x.i386.rpm 344d12a114e68f5764546cbe8daa6c8c 6.2/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.5.3-0.6.x.i386.rpm 85b42d5a7e5260f14691cf8c063b4eb8 6.2/en/os/noarch/rhn_register-1.3.2-0.6.x.noarch.rpm 8f67daca63c64d648f33b8c8516b5036 6.2/en/os/noarch/rhn_register-gnome-1.3.2-0.6.x.noarch.rpm 468651817d6baa15101c9e29c75aeec9 6.2/en/os/sparc/python-xmlrpc-1.4-0.6.x.sparc.rpm fbc9a09b9fd297dcefda7709096ebccf 6.2/en/os/sparc/up2date-2.5.3-0.6.x.sparc.rpm 46a1241d09c6096524988403d4f0d5a4 6.2/en/os/sparc/up2date-gnome-2.5.3-0.6.x.sparc.rpm 2e6dba30c75cc8a587eca73c11f98eca 7.0/en/os/SRPMS/python-xmlrpc-1.4-1.src.rpm ee9f5ec9f845d5a9c2dc1fe125cc58f6 7.0/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.5.3-1.src.rpm 160a5b762fae919b93bd4586425b1f75 7.0/en/os/alpha/python-xmlrpc-1.4-1.alpha.rpm 566bc16085aa97b852150a93df3fc7b9 7.0/en/os/alpha/up2date-2.5.3-1.alpha.rpm 8946205b828d0279a4f29eca627daa33 7.0/en/os/alpha/up2date-gnome-2.5.3-1.alpha.rpm 06491152cc2f4d4acf895b851ca8b2f5 7.0/en/os/i386/python-xmlrpc-1.4-1.i386.rpm 67334f153230b06cd3669b0cccbc7cd9 7.0/en/os/i386/up2date-2.5.3-1.i386.rpm 2ab64f69c4c031d39ede67aa47a74533 7.0/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.5.3-1.i386.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our
key is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm –checksig <filename>
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been
corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the
following command:
rpm –checksig –nogpg <filename>
8. References:
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