[Ksplice][Uptrack-Announce-RHEL] New version of Ksplice Uptrack client available [1.1.1]

[Nelson Elhage]

Synopsis: New Ksplice Uptrack client provides several improvements
Version: 1.1.1
Issue date: 2010-10-22

OBTAINING THE NEW VERSION

We recommend that all Ksplice Uptrack users on RPM-based platforms
upgrade to the latest version.  You can upgrade to the latest version
of Ksplice Uptrack by running:

# yum update uptrack

or for systems based on RHEL4:

# up2date uptrack


DESCRIPTION

The updated Ksplice Uptrack client includes fixes for the following
issues:

* Uptrack would not install properly on systems with certain versions
  of libcurl or PyYAML installed.

* Uptrack could mis-identify machines generated by cloning an existing
  machine, resulting in multiple machines appearing as a single entry
  in the Uptrack web interface.

* Several unusual problems had confusing or unclear error messages.

* On some systems, the install_on_reboot option did not always install
  updates.

* The uptrack-manager GUI application could freeze and need to be
  restarted in response to certain error conditions.

* Improved support for using Uptrack on systems with a 64-bit kernel
  and a 32-bit userspace.

* Added an option to control whether Uptrack will look up the system
  proxy server in GConf.

In addition, the updated Ksplice Uptrack client makes the following
changes to the Uptrack client notification options:

* The cron_output_install, cron_output_available, and
  cron_output_error notification options have been removed. Customers
  who are still using these options should migrate to the other
  notification options provided by Ksplice Uptrack.
  <http://www.ksplice.com/uptrack/notification-options>.

* The updated Uptrack client includes a new Nagios plugin to monitor a
  single machine directly using the local Uptrack package cache. This
  is in addition to the existing Nagios plugin that uses the Ksplice
  Uptrack API to let you monitor multiple systems.  For more
  information, see <http://www.ksplice.com/uptrack/nagios>.

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at support at ksplice.com or +1 765-577-5423.