Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 740127
Provide our CPE name in a new system file
Last modified: 2016-04-26 10:16:05 EDT
Need to update for 5.8 +++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #674911 +++ CPE information needs to be changed: <pmatouse> cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:update6:hypervisor <pmatouse> for 5.6 # cat /etc/system-release-cpe cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:update7:hypervisor
Created attachment 524117 [details] Patch
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: The CPE name has been updated to match the current release: # cat /etc/system-release-cpe cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:update7:hypervisor
Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. Diffed Contents: @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ The CPE name has been updated to match the current release: # cat /etc/system-release-cpe -cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:update7:hypervisor+cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:update8:hypervisor
I removed the file name from the Technical Note. Since the end user has no visibility into the RHEVH filesystem, listing out a specific file on the filesystem is meaningless, and creates confusion for the end user in terms of whether or not directly accessing the RHEVH filesystem is supported.
Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. Diffed Contents: @@ -1,3 +1 @@ -The CPE name has been updated to match the current release: +The CPE name has been updated to match the current release.-# cat /etc/system-release-cpe -cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:update8:hypervisor
Furthermore, shouldn't the technote define what CPE is? Most customers will not recognize this acronym and that makes the tech note sort of useless
Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. Diffed Contents: @@ -1 +1 @@ -The CPE name has been updated to match the current release.+The Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) name has been updated to match the current release. The CPE name allows Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager to identify itself in a universal way to other products in its environment.
Excellent points, all, Perry; thanks for the feedback!
Test version: rhev-hypervisor-5.8-20111019.0.el5 # cat /etc/issue Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor release 5.8 (20111019.0.el5) Kernel \r on an \m (\l) # rpm -qa | grep ovirt-node ovirt-node-1.0-72.el5 [root@cshao ~]# cat /etc/system-release-cpe cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:update8:hypervisor So change bug status to VERIFIED.
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. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0168.html