Module-Init-Tools; Rhba-2009:1362: Bug Fix Update - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5.4 - TECHNICAL NOTES Manual

Chapter 1. Package Updates
This update addresses a proxy handling bug in mod_nss. mod_nss was not handling blocked reads
properly. Rather than attempting the read again, it failed with an "End of File" message. When used
with mod_proxy in a reverse proxy configuration, this would sometimes result in returning only part of
the remote content. (Bugzilla #484380)
mod_proxy has a single API for SSL handling, and mod_nss doesn't register to handle SSL proxy
requests if mod_ssl is loaded. In order for mod_nss to work with mod_proxy, mod_ssl must be
removed or disabled. It can be disabled in one of two ways:
• By removing the mod_ssl package
• By removing or renaming /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf
Apache users requiring SSL and TLS cryptography are advised to install this updated package.

1.147. module-init-tools

1.147.1. RHBA-2009:1362: bug fix update

Updated module-init-tools packages that address several bugs are now available.
module-init-tools is a kernel-related package that provides utilities for automatically loading and
unloading drivers, as well as finding out about drivers that are installed on a given Red Hat Enterprise
Linux system.
These updated packages fix the following issues:
• this updated module-init-tools package provides an enhancement that enables module parameters
to be read automatically from the kernel command line in the same fashion that built-in kernel
modules are handled.(BZ#487395
• previously, in some cases, a kernel module package may have installed an older version of an
already-installed kernel module. When this occurred, the manner in which the kernel modules were
sorted may have resulted in an older version of the module being enabled by default. While the
installation of multiple versions of the same kernel module on a system is unsupported, this update
provides provides improvements to the sorting of kernel modules so that the highest version is used,
which resolves this issue.
• previously, the "weak-modules --add-modules" command created a redundant directory structure in
the "weak-updates/" directory. With this update, the "--add-modules" option now creates the same
structure as the "weak-modules --add-kernels" command.
• previously, the "modprobe --show-depends" command returned "install" command directives,
causing issues with some kernel modules. With this update, the "--show-depends" correctly outputs
the "insmod" records, which resolves this issue.
• previously, the man page for depmod (a tool used to generate a list of kernel module dependencies)
was missing documentation for the "-a" option. In this updated package, the depmod man page has
been amended with the following description of the "-a" option:
-a --all
Probe all modules. This option is enabled by default if no file names
are given in the command-line.
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