Bug 1427642

Summary: kpatch: rebase to latest version
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe>
Component: kpatchAssignee: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Chunyu Hu <chuhu>
Severity: unspecified Docs Contact: Mark Flitter <mflitter>
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 7.4CC: jeyu, jpoimboe, lilu, lkuprova, mflitter
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Rebase
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Fixed In Version: kpatch-0.4.0-1.el7 Doc Type: Rebase: Bug Fixes and Enhancements
Doc Text:
Rebased kpatch tool to match sysfs interface To enable better object management, the kpatch module's sysfs interface was changed. This update to version 0.4.0 ensures that the command line tool matches the kernel.
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: 1433007 (view as bug list) Environment:
Last Closed: 2017-08-01 19:26:44 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Josh Poimboeuf 2017-02-28 19:24:29 UTC
The kpatch command line tool needs to be updated to the latest upstream version (the forthcoming kpatch 0.4.0) for RHEL 7.4 so that it can be used with 7.4-based kpatch patch modules.  Specifically, the following upstream PR will break compatibility with older versions:

  https://github.com/dynup/kpatch/pull/679

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-01 19:26:44 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2017:2088