Chapter 1. Package Updates
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1.7. anaconda
1.7.1. RHBA-2009:1306: bug fix and enhancement update
Updated anaconda packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available.
Anaconda is the system installer.
These updated anaconda packages provide fixes for the following bugs:
Anaconda is the system installer.
These updated anaconda packages provide fixes for the following bugs:
• a write-protected SD card could cause an installation failure even when the mount point was de-
selected in the Disk Druid. (
BZ#471883
58
)
• Anaconda occasionally attempted to delete nonexistent snapshots, which caused installation to fail.
(
BZ#433824
59
)
• if a boot file was retrieved via DHCP, Anaconda now saves it so that it can later be used to construct
the default Kickstart file if the user boots with "ks" as a boot parameter. (
BZ#448006
60
)
• driver disk locations can now be specified using the "dd=[URL]" option, where [URL] is an FTP,
HTTP or NFS location. (
BZ#454478
61
)
• the bootloader can now be located in the MBR on a software RAID1 boot partition. (
BZ#475973
62
)
• Anaconda now installs multipath packages so that multipath devices work as expected following first
reboot. (
BZ#466614
63
)
• Anaconda prompted for the time zone even when the time zone was correctly specified in the
Kickstart file. (
BZ#481617
64
)
• on Itanium systems, the time stamps of installed files and directories were in the future.
(
BZ#485200
65
)
• the iSCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) now works with Challenge-Handshake Authentication
Protocol (CHAP) and reverse-CHAP setups. (
BZ#497438
66
)
• Anaconda now correctly sets the umask on device nodes. (
BZ#383531
67
)
• following a manual installation during which IPv6 was configured, the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
ifcfg-[interface] file (such as ifcfg-eth0) did not contain those IPv6 network details. (
BZ#445394
68
)
• Anaconda now correctly handles LAN channel station (LCS) devices. (
BZ#471101
69
)
• when using autostep mode with a Kickstart configuration file, Anaconda incorrectly prompted for a
root password even when the root password was designated as encrypted. (
BZ#471122
70
)
• empty repositories caused installation to fail. (
BZ#476182
71
)
• large numbers of tape drives in the Kickstart file are now handled correctly. (
BZ#476186
72
)
• hyphenated MAC address formats in the Kickstart file (e.g. "ksdevice=00-11-22-33-44-55") are now
allowed. (
BZ#480309
73
)
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