[Ksplice][Uptrack-Announce-RHEL] New version of Ksplice Uptrack client available [1.2.1]

[Nelson Elhage]

Synopsis: New Ksplice Uptrack client provides several improvements
Version: 1.2.1
Issue date: 2010-04-14

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 contains the following improvements:

* The `uptrack-upgrade` and `uptrack-show` commands now display the version
  number of the effective kernel.

* The Ksplice Uptrack client now ships with a `uptrack-uname`
  utility. `uptrack-uname` reports a machine's effective kernel
  version, taking into account updates applied through Uptrack.  Its
  command-line syntax and output format are compatible with the
  standard `uname` utility. This tool is intended to be used with
  auditing tools that expect input in the `uname` format.

  For more information about the uptrack-uname utility and the
  Ksplice Uptrack effective version, please see
  <http://ksplice.com/uptrack/using#uptrack-uname>

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

* The check_uptrack_local nagios plugin could fail to run on some
  RHEL-based systems.

* Under certain out-of-disk conditions, the Uptrack client would
  misbehave in a way that confused the Uptrack status interface's
  tracking of client machines.

* The client would report a confusing error message in certain cases
  of malformed configuration files.

SUPPORT

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