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August 2019


Table of Contents

Preface
1 System Requirements and Limitations
1.1 File System, Storage, and Address Space Limitations
2 Shipped Kernel
3 New Features and Changes
3.1 Graphical Installation Program Enhancement
3.2 Image Builder
3.3 DTrace
3.4 Developer and Compiler Tools
3.5 Developer Toolchain
3.6 MySQL Community Packages
3.7 Networking
3.8 Security
3.9 Servers and Services
3.9.1 Tuned Updates
3.9.2 Chrony Updates
3.10 Technology Preview
4 Known Issues
4.1 Support Limited to Text-Mode Environments and Server Software
4.2 Installation and Upgrade Issues
4.2.1 Alternate installation options
4.2.2 Graphical installer allows users to edit kickstart settings
4.2.3 Kernel panic for QLogic cnic module on ThunderX2 during installation
4.2.4 Error with PXE-based installation of a UEFI virtual machine
4.2.5 Upgrade fails if open files limit is too low and rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit is installed
4.3 Automatic Bug Reporting Tool
4.4 BTRFS: Convert operation results in a file system that cannot be mounted
4.5 Manual execution of shim first-stage boot loader may fail in the UEFI shell
4.6 Kdump tools fail to create vmcore-dmesg.txt on systems with many CPUs
4.7 Snapshots of KVM guests using UEFI fail and are unsupported
4.8 Uninstalling libpcap package can result in removal of a large number of libvirt packages
4.9 Virtual machine with copied disk fails to boot
4.10 grubby fatal error during kernel upgrade when /boot is on a BTRFS subvolume
4.11 Hebrew LaTeX fonts
4.12 Unable to create Oracle Linux 7 LXC containers on NFS
4.13 Segmentation fault when running bluedevil-wizard
4.14 dsktune command fails with an unsupported error message
4.15 Unable to customize guest name during installation with Virtual Machine Manager
5 Installation and Availability
5.1 Installing the ISO
5.2 Installation of Raspberry Pi ™ 3 Image
A Package Changes from the Upstream Release
A.1 Changes to Binary Packages
A.1.1 Added Binary Packages by Oracle
A.1.2 Modified Binary Packages
A.1.3 Modified Optional Binary Packages
A.1.4 New Binary Packages
A.2 Changes to Source Packages
A.2.1 Added Source Packages by Oracle
A.2.2 Modified Source Packages
A.2.3 Modified Optional Source Packages

Preface

The Oracle Linux Release Notes for Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64) provides a summary of the new features and known issues in Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64). This document may be updated after it is released.

Document generated on: 2019-08-08 (revision: 8075)

Audience

This document is intended for users and administrators of Oracle Linux 7. It describes potential issues and the corresponding workarounds you may encounter while using Oracle Linux 7. Oracle recommends that you read this document before installing Oracle Linux 7. It is assumed that readers have a general understanding of the Linux operating system.

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Chapter 1 System Requirements and Limitations

System requirements and limitations for 64-bit Arm architecture are under review. You can check whether your hardware is supported on Oracle Linux 7 by checking the Hardware Certification List at https://linux.oracle.com/hardware-certifications . Hardware is listed as it becomes available and is validated.

1.1 File System, Storage, and Address Space Limitations

The following table describes the maximum file size and maximum file system size for the BTRFS, ext4, and XFS file systems. File system limitations are affected by kernel versions and features, and by the architecture of the system on which Oracle Linux is installed. The values depicted here are estimates based on the known variables that might affect the maximum theoretical value that can be achieved. The theoretical values might be higher than those depicted here, and the actual achievable values might be lower than the values shown, depending on the hardware and the kernel version that is used.

File System Type

Maximum File Size

Maximum File System Size

btrfs

8 EiB

8 EiB

ext4

16 TiB

1 EiB

xfs

8 EiB

8 EiB

The limits for the ext4 file system that are described here are higher than those that are recommended and might prove unstable. If you plan to work with systems where you are intend to work towards using higher file system sizes or file sizes, it is recommended that you use either the BTRFS or XFS file system.

The maximum supported size for a bootable logical unit number (LUN) is 50 TB. GPT and UEFI support are required for LUNs that are larger than 2 TB.

The maximum size of the address space that is available to each process is 128 TB.

Chapter 2 Shipped Kernel

Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64) ships with the following kernel package:

kernel-uek-4.14.35-1902.3.2.el7

Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 (UEK R5), which is the default kernel.

Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64) is shipped with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5, which is the only kernel that is supported at this time.

The Oracle Linux release is tested as a bundle, as shipped on the installation media image. When installed from the installation media image, the minimum kernel version supported is the one that is included in the image. Downgrading kernel packages is not supported, unless recommended by Oracle Support.

The kernel source code for the shipped kernel is available after the initial release through a public git source code repository at https://github.com/oracle/linux-uek .

Chapter 3 New Features and Changes

The following new features and changes are included in Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64).

For details about the new features and changes in the initial release of Oracle Linux 7, see the Oracle Linux 7 Release Notes . Note that support for the 64-bit Arm platform started with the Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 (aarch64) release. Changes that are described in this document are subsequent to the changes that are described in the release notes for that initial release.

3.1 Graphical Installation Program Enhancement

The Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64) graphical installation program has been enhanced to detect whether Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) is enabled on a system. SMT enables multiple execution threads to be executed on a single physical CPU core, which can improve performance. Note that if SMT is enabled, a message is displayed at the bottom of the Installation Summary screen. Note also that SMT requires CPU support.

3.2 Image Builder

Image Builder, previously available as a technology preview only, is now included in Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64). Image Builder version 19.7.33 is provided by the lorax-composer package and is available in the Extras channel. This version of Image Builder enables you to build cloud images for additional cloud vendors, such as Amazon Web Services, VMware vSphere, and OpenStack.

You can access Image Builder by using the composer-cli command.

This version of Image Builder includes other notable changes and provides the following additional capabilities:

  • Repository mirror for Red Hat Content Delivery Network (CDN) no longer required.

  • Setting a host name and creating users.

  • Setting boot loader parameters such as disabling Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) with the nosmt=force option. Note that this feature in only available when using the composer-cli command-line tool.

  • Editing external repositories ("sources") by using the web console user interface.

3.3 DTrace

DTrace is enabled for 64-bit Arm platforms and ports of the DTrace code are available in UEK R5. Refer to the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 Update 2 Release Notes for more information.

The DTrace user space code in the dtrace-utils package has also all been ported to run on 64-bit Arm platforms to fully enable DTrace for Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64)

3.4 Developer and Compiler Tools

The following developer tools features and enhancements are included in this update.

  • gcc-libraries packages updated to version 8.3.1.  This version of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) introduces several bug fixes and enhancements over the previous GCC version.

  • linuxptp packages updated to version 2.0.  This version of the linuxptp compiler tool introduces several bug fixes and improvements over the previous version.

  • Python version 3.6 available.  This update includes python3 packages, which provide the Python 3.6 interpreter and the pip and setuptools tools. Note that previously these packages were only available as a part of software collections.

3.5 Developer Toolchain

The Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64) release includes a toolchain that provides a solid developer toolset to build code for 64-bit Arm platforms and to compile modules against the provided kernel. This includes the version 7.3 of the gcc compiler that is used to build the aarch64 version of UEK R5.

Developer tools are released as a software collection that can be found in the /addons/Oscl directory repository on the provided ISO. You can install the oracle-armtoolset-1 software collection using the yum command:

# yum install scl-utils oracle-armtoolset-1

When the oracle-armtoolset-1 software collection is installed, you can enable it by running the following command:

# scl enable oracle-armtoolset-1 bash

The oracle-armtoolset-1 software collection is released as an addition to the Software Collection Library for Oracle Linux and is only available on aarch64 platforms.

Note

The oracle-armtoolset-1 software collection is required if you need to build kernel modules from source.

3.6 MySQL Community Packages

MySQL Community packages are available for Arm on the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) and the Oracle Linux yum server.

You can install MySQL Community packages directly from ULN or from the Oracle Linux yum server by enabling the appropriate channel or repository.

If you are using the Oracle Linux yum server you can install the mysql-release-el7 package from _latest repository to enable the MySQL Community yum repositories. The latest MySQL Community release is enabled by default, but you can enable alternate channels, using yum-config-manager , for example:

# yum-config-manager --enable ol7_MySQL80

To enable the channel on ULN, use the ULN web interface to subscribe the system to the appropriate channel:

  1. Log in to https://linux.oracle.com with your ULN user name and password.

  2. On the Systems tab, click the link named for the system in the list of registered machines.

  3. On the System Details page, click Manage Subscriptions .

  4. On the System Summary page, select each required channel from the list of available channels and click the right arrow to move the channel to the list of subscribed channels.

    For example, subscribe the system to the ol7_aarch64_MySQL80_community channel.

  5. Click Save Subscriptions .

Note

Arm support is limited to MySQL Community 8.0 Community Channel. Prior MySQL Community releases are not available for aarch64.

3.7 Networking

The following networking features, bug fixes, and enhancements are included in this update:

  • NetworkManager support for VLAN filtering on bridge interfaces.  This enhancement enables you to configure virtual LAN (VLAN) filtering on bridge interfaces in the corresponding NetworkManager connection profiles, as well as define VLANs directly on bridge ports.

  • NetworkManager support for configuring policy routing rules.  This enhancement enables you to configure rules as part of a connection profile,which means that NetworkManager now adds the rules when the profile is activated and removes the rules when the profile is deactivated. Previously, you would have to set up policy routing rules outside of NetworkManager by using the dispatcher script provided in the NetworkManager-dispatcher-routing-rules package.

3.8 Security

The following security features, bug fixes, and enhancements are included in this update:

  • Network Security Services (NSS) package updates.  This update introduces several NSS changes, including several bug fixes and security enhancements over the previous NSS version.

    Notably, the NSS code and Certificate Authority (CA) list now meet the recommendations that are published with the latest Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR). The updated CA list improves compatibility with the certificates that are used in the Internet Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).

  • SCAP Security Guide support for Universal Base Image containers and images.  The security policies in the SCAP Security Guide been enhanced in Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64) to support Universal Base Image (UBI) containers and UBI images, including ubi-minimal images. This enhancement enables configuration compliance scanning of UBI containers and images by using the atomic scan command. UBI containers and images can now be scanned against any profile that is shipped in the SCAP Security Guide, with only those rules that are relevant to the secure configuration of UBI being evaluated. Any rules that are inapplicable to UBI images and containers are automatically skipped.

  • scap-security-guide packages updated to version 0.1.43.  The scap-security-guide packages are updated to version 0.1.43 in this update. This version of the scap-security-guide packages provide several bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version, including a change to the minimum supported Ansible version, which is now 2.5, and the addition of the Protection Profile for Virtualization (VPP) version 1.0.

  • shadow-utils packages updated to version 4.6.  The shadow-utils packages have been updated to version 4.6 in this update. This version of the shadow-utils packages provide several bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version, including the new newuidmap and newgidmap commands for manipulating name space mapping for UID and GID.

  • tangd_port_t SElinux type added.  Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64) includes the tangd_port_t SELinux type, which enables the tangd service to run as confined while in SELinux enforcing mode. The change simplifies the configuration of a Tang server to listen on a user-defined port, while preserving the security level that SELinux provides when in enforcing mode.

3.9 Servers and Services

The following server and services features, bug fixes, and enhancements are included in this update:

3.9.1 Tuned Updates

As of this update, the tuned packages are updated to version 2.11. This version of Tuned provides several bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version, including the following: added support for the boot loader specification, an updated virtuaal-host profile, the additional of a range feature for CPU exclusion, and other important improvements.

3.9.2 Chrony Updates

As of this update, the chrony packages are updated to version 3.4. This version of Chrony provides several bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version, including the following: hardware time-standing improvements, extended polling interval ranges, the addition of the burst and filter options to NTP sources, and other important improvements.

3.10 Technology Preview

Features that are currently under technology preview when using UEK R5 are described in Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 Update 2 Release Notes .

This section specifies items specific to the Arm architecture and Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64) that are not supported but which may be made available under technology preview.

Oracle makes available an Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64) disk image for use on Raspberry Pi ™ 3 Model B+ hardware as a technology preview for developer use only. Oracle does not provide support for the disk image or the hardware. Developers are encouraged to visit the Oracle Linux for Arm community forum at https://community.oracle.com/community/technology_network_community/server_%26_storage_systems/linux/oracle-linux-for-arm for further assistance.

Chapter 4 Known Issues

This chapter describes the known issues for Oracle Linux 7.

Note that additional issues that are specific to the kernel that you are using might also be present. If you are using the default UEK R5 kernel, see the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 Release Notes . If you are using an alternate UEK release or update, please refer to the release notes for the appropriate kernel version in the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Documentation Library .

4.1 Support Limited to Text-Mode Environments and Server Software

Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64) is engineered and tested for server-related usage only . Although packages for desktop and productivity features are built and provided, the testing of these packages is limited and support for graphical mode packages is not provided in this release. You can install any of these packages on your platform, but it is possible that some of these applications might not work or could have issues that are not documented here.

Oracle does not provide support for these packages, and any assistance is community-based. If you choose to run a desktop environment or any desktop applications, you should direct any questions to the Oracle Linux for Arm community forum at https://community.oracle.com/community/technology_network_community/server_%26_storage_systems/linux/oracle-linux-for-arm .

4.2 Installation and Upgrade Issues

The following issues might be encountered during installation.

4.2.1 Alternate installation options

When performing a text based installation, the installer detects the video controller and offers a graphical installation on the system video console by default. The boot menu may not offer options to perform text-based or VNC-based installation.

To perform a text-based installation, you must specify the inst.text option on the boot command line. If you intend to perform a remote graphical installation over VNC, you must use the inst.vnc option, as well as specify boot options to configure the network. Typically ip=dhcp is used for this purpose.

For more information about boot options, see the Oracle Linux Installation Guide for Release 7 at https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E52668_01/E54695/html/ol7-install-boot-options.html .

(Bug ID 27581120)

4.2.2 Graphical installer allows users to edit kickstart settings

When performing a graphical installation, where some installation options are already set by using a kickstart configuration file, it is still possible to modify these settings by clicking the various fields during the installation to edit the predefined content. These types of edits during the installation process requires a user to intentionally attempt to modify the setting, effectively enabling an interactive installation, where options that are set in the kickstart configuration are not secured by any policy.

Note that this type of change is not possible when performing a text installation. During a text installation, the user can only modify fields that have not already been defined in the kickstart configuration file.

(Bug ID 28642357)

4.2.3 Kernel panic for QLogic cnic module on ThunderX2 during installation

The QLogic cnic driver module is unsupported for 64-bit Arm platforms. The Cavium ThunderX2 servers include hardware that can cause the cnic driver module to load, triggering a kernel panic.

To work around the issue, blacklist the cnic module at boot by using the module_blacklist=cnic boot option in the kernel command line for the installer. To prevent the module from installing or loading in the future, create the file /etc/modprobe.d/cnic.conf and ensure that it contains the following lines:

blacklist cnic
install cnic /bin/true

(Bug IDs 27011806, 28109733)

4.2.4 Error with PXE-based installation of a UEFI virtual machine

An error appears when performing an operating system installation on a UEFI based virtual machine using PXE boot where there is no ramfb device present. Typically, the error may appear as:

Error: Image at 0023F1EB000 start failed: Not Found

The error does not prevent installation and is reported as debugging output. The error does not appear in earlier versions of the package, where support for the QemuRamfbDxe driver was not present. The error message can be ignored.

(Bug ID 28868674)

4.2.5 Upgrade fails if open files limit is too low and rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit is installed

Upgrades from Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 (aarch64) can fail if the login session open files limit is set too low and the system being upgraded includes multiple packages from many channels or repositories. This issue can be triggered if the rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit package is installed and the session is configured for a maximum open file limit below 4096. This issue typically results in yum failing to update and error messages similar to the following:

Verifying  : glib2-static-2.56.1-1.el7.i686
glib2-static-2.56.1-1.el7.i686 was supposed to be installed but is not!

To resolve this issue, set the open file limit to 4096 before running the yum update command:

# ulimit -n 4096
# yum update -y

(Bug ID 28720235)

4.3 Automatic Bug Reporting Tool

The daemons and features that are provided by the Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) are not supported in Oracle Linux. ABRT packages and associated files, such as libreport , are included in the distribution to satisfy package dependencies, but the features within these packages are not supported. For technical assistance, contact Oracle Support by accessing the My Oracle Support portal or by telephone.

4.4 BTRFS: Convert operation results in a file system that cannot be mounted

The btrfs-convert tool can be used to convert an ext4 file system to btrfs . However, if the tool attempts to convert a file system that has not been created with a sector block size that matches the system default page size, which is set to 64 KB for aarch64, the resulting file system cannot be mounted. This issue may occur if the original ext4 file system is not created by using the -b 65536 option to specify a 64 KB block size.

(Bug ID 28200561)

4.5 Manual execution of shim first-stage boot loader may fail in the UEFI shell

Manually loading shim binaries from the UEFI shell may fail in some scenarios. The following cases are known to fail:

  • FS0:\EFI\redhat\shimaa64.efi

  • FS0:\EFI\redhat\> shimaa64.efi

FS0:\> \EFI\redhat\shimaa64.efi is known to work correctly.

A standard installation is unaffected by this bug and the problem is limited to the manual execution of shim in the UEFI shell.

(Bug ID 27962691)

4.6 Kdump tools fail to create vmcore-dmesg.txt on systems with many CPUs

On systems with many CPUs, the crash dump tools that are included with Kdump, fail to create the vmcore-dmesg.txt file, which is created with the vmcore file. This may result in a segmentation fault:

...
kdump: saving to /sysroot//var/crash/127.0.0.1-2018-05-22-12:34:45/
kdump: saving vmcore-dmesg.txt
/lib/kdump-lib-initramfs.sh: line 118:   459 Segmentation fault      
$_dmesg_collector /proc/vmcore > ${_path}/vmcore-dmesg-incomplete.txt
kdump: saving vmcore-dmesg.txt failed
kdump: saving vmcore
Copying data                                      : [100.0 %] \          
eta: 0s
kdump: saving vmcore complete 

This issue is the result of a log buffer that is dynamically allocated by the kernel. vmcore-dmesg does not know how to access memory allocated in this way. The issue is typically triggered on systems with 64 or more CPUs, but has also been observed on a 32-core Ampere X-Gene 3 system.

The dmesg output can be retrieved manually by running crash against the vmcore and using the dmesg command once in the crash shell.

(Bug ID 28064675, 28670960)

4.7 Snapshots of KVM guests using UEFI fail and are unsupported

You cannot do snapshots of KVM guests if they use UEFI. In older versions of QEMU and libvirt , the tools might allow you to create the snapshot without an error or warning, but the snapshot could be corrupted. More recent versions of these tools prevent snapshot creation with an error similar to the following:

virsh # snapshot-create-as OL7-seboot
error: Operation not supported: internal snapshots of a VM with pflash based
firmware are not supported

(Bug ID 26826800)

4.8 Uninstalling libpcap package can result in removal of a large number of libvirt packages

The libpcap package is updated to enable functionality for future technologies. If you install this package and then attempt to uninstall it, a large number of libvirt packages may also be uninstalled due to dependency relationships. The libvirt package has a dependency on the libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfiler package, and this package has a dependency on libpcap . Removing libpcap removes the entire libvirt family of packages.

(Bug ID 28582266)

4.9 Virtual machine with copied disk fails to boot

Attempting to start a virtual machine that has been created to use a copied virtual machine hard disk can fail with the messages:

Section 0 has negative size
Failed to load image: Unsupported
start_image() returned Unsupported
Error: Image at 002384AD000 start failed: Unsupported
Unloading driver at 0x002384AD000

The boot loader drops back into the UEFI Interactive Shell after it fails.

The issue is caused by a problem with the default EFI boot option that is used by the aarch64 virtual machine firmware when it attempts to boot the disk.

To work around the issue, when the virtual machine drops to the UEFI shell after it fails to boot, you can enter the following to manually load the appropriate shim binary:

Shell> FS0:\EFI\BOOT\fbaa64.efi

This is a one-time requirement and future reboots of the same virtual machine do not require manual intervention.

(Bug ID 27972230)

4.10 grubby fatal error during kernel upgrade when /boot is on a BTRFS subvolume

If /boot is hosted on a btrfs subvolume, GRUB 2 is unable to correctly process the initramfs and vmlinuz pathnames. This problem occurs when you update or install a new kernel and grubby attempts to update the GRUB 2 configuration. In the case where you are running a fresh installation of Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 and you upgrade the RHCK or UEK kernel, the following error is displayed:

grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template

After the kernel update, when the system is rebooted, it boots the old kernel.

Similarly, when upgrading from Oracle Linux 7 Update 4 to Oracle Linux 7 Update 7, if /boot is hosted on a btrfs subvolume, the system boots to the old Oracle Linux 7 Update 4 kernel after the upgrade is complete.

The workaround for this problem is to use grub2-mkconfig to regenerate the /etc/grub2/grub.cfg file, or /etc/grub2-efi.cfg file on a UEFI booted system, immediately after the kernel has been installed or upgraded, for example:

# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

Obtain a listing of the kernel menu entries in the generated configuration as follows:

# grep -P "submenu|^menuentry" /boot/grub2/grub.cfg | cut -d "'" -f2

From the listing, select the kernel entry that you want to run as the default kernel and set this entry as the default by using the following command:

# grub2-set-default "menu entry title"

where menu entry title is the title of the kernel entry that you identified in the listing.

You can use the grub2-editenv list command to check that the saved_entry has been updated with the selected kernel menu title.

Reboot the system and use uname -a to check that the correct kernel is now running.

(Bug ID 22750169)

4.11 Hebrew LaTeX fonts

Installing the tex-fonts-hebrew package fails unless you first install all texlive* packages.

4.12 Unable to create Oracle Linux 7 LXC containers on NFS

The creation of Oracle Linux 7 containers fails when the root file system ( /container ) is hosted on an NFS share. This problem occurs because the iputils package in Oracle Linux 7 releases, (Updates 4 and 5) is built to use the Linux file extended attributes [xattr(7)] security capabilities(7) . Because the NFS protocol does not support these file capabilities, the iputils package might not be installed into an NFS files system. For example, when attempting to create an Oracle Linux 7 Update 4 container, the installation fails while installing the iputils package, producing the following error:

Error unpacking rpm package iputils-20121221-7.el7.x86_64
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/bin/ping: cpio: cap_set_file
error: iputils-20121221-7.el7.x86_64: install failed

Similar issues are seen when attempting to install the initscripts and systemd packages while creating an Oracle Linux 7 Update 3 container.

This issue occurs on both NFSv3 and NFSv4.

Oracle Linux 6 containers are not affected. LXC is available as a technology preview in this release and some functionality may not work correctly.

(Bug ID 25024258)

4.13 Segmentation fault when running bluedevil-wizard

The bluedevil-wizard , available in the bluedevil package, is unable to connect or locate bluetooth devices and fails with a segmentation fault when it is run.

(Bug ID 27101618)

4.14 dsktune command fails with an unsupported error message

The dsktune command, which is included with the 389 Directory Server base package, 389-ds-base , fails with an error message notifying you that the system does not have support for cx16 , a feature commonly available on x86 platforms:

ERROR: This system does not support CMPXCHG16B instruction (cpuflag cx16).
nsslapd-enable-nunc-stans must be set to "off" on this system.
In a future release of Directory Server this platform will NOT be
supported.

ERROR  : The above errors MUST be corrected before proceeding.

The dsktune command checks that a system meets requirements and can provide information that helps with the configuration, but is not required to run the 389 Directory Server.

(Bug ID 26861135)

4.15 Unable to customize guest name during installation with Virtual Machine Manager

During an installation with virt-manager , if you select a customized configuration and then edit the Name field to customize the virtual machine (VM) name, an error occurs when you attempt to apply the changes.

The error that is displayed is similar to the following:

Error apply changes: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'rfind'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/details.py", line 1887, in
config_apply
    ret = self.config_overview_apply()
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/details.py", line 1979, in
config_overview_apply
    self.vm.rename_domain(self.widget("overview-name").get_text())
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py", line 596, in
rename_domain
    new_nvram, old_nvram = self._copy_nvram_file(new_name)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py", line 571, in
_copy_nvram_file
    nvram_dir = os.path.dirname(old_nvram.path)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/posixpath.py", line 129, in dirname
    i = p.rfind('/') + 1
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'rfind'

This issue is only encountered when attempting to customize the Name field. If you apply any other customizations prior to the installation, such as Title or Description, the installation proceeds as expected. Note that you can edit the Name field after the installation completes, if desired.

(Bug ID 29954660)

Chapter 5 Installation and Availability

You can download a full Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64) installation media image from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud at https://edelivery.oracle.com/linux . You can also obtain the latest Oracle Linux 7 packages from the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) and the Oracle Linux yum server.

Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64) is made available in two forms:

  • A disk image that uses the format, rpi3-ol7.7-image- timestamp .img.xz , which can be installed onto an SD Card and used on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B or Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ single-board computer. This image includes the necessary firmware to boot the Raspberry Pi 3 directly into Oracle Linux 7. This image is made available for developers who may not have access to alternate Arm hardware. The RPi image name uses

    Note

    The disk image for the Raspberry Pi is available as a technology preview for developer use only. Oracle does not provide support for Oracle Linux on Raspberry Pi systems. Developers are encouraged to visit the Oracle Linux for Arm community forum at https://community.oracle.com/community/technology_network_community/server_%26_storage_systems/linux/oracle-linux-for-arm for further assistance.

  • OracleLinux-R7-U7-Server-aarch64-dvd.iso : An ISO image that can be used for a standard installation on generic 64-bit Armv8 hardware. This ISO has been tested on Arm hardware and is engineered for use with Ampere ™ eMAG ™-based EVK platform and the Cavium ThunderX2® processor. For the latest hardware validated for Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64), refer to the Hardware Certification List at https://linux.oracle.com/hardware-certifications . Note that hardware is listed as it becomes available.

You can install additional software for Oracle Linux 7 by subscribing to the different channels on ULN or by enabling the required repositories within your yum configuration. To explore the channels that are available to you on ULN, log in to https://uln.oracle.com/ and view the Channels option. To view the Oracle Linux yum repositories that are available for Oracle Linux 7, visit https://yum.oracle.com/oracle-linux-7.html .

Note

The Oracle Linux yum server does not provide equivalent repositories for some channels that are available on ULN. These channels provide non-open source packages.

UEK R5 is the default boot kernel for fresh installations of Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64). Note that this is the only supported kernel that is available for the aarch64 platform. For more information, see the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 Update 2 Release Notes .

5.1 Installing the ISO

The process to install Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64) does not differ substantially from the installation process on the x86_64 platform. The same instructions and information that are provided in the Oracle Linux Installation Guide for Release 7 also apply to the aarch64 platform.

The recommended installation process is as follows:

  1. Obtain the ISO image from the Oracle Technology Network ( https://www.oracle.com/linux/products.html )

  2. Configure a Network Installation Server to perform the installation. See https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E52668_01/E54695/html/ol7-install-network-server.html for more information.

  3. Create a kickstart file to automate your installation. See https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E52668_01/E54695/html/ol7-install-kickstart.html for more information on the contents of this file and how to use it when booting the installer.

  4. Connect your target Arm hardware to the network and configure the firmware to network boot or to boot from PXE. Refer to your hardware documentation for instructions.

  5. Boot the target hardware and wait for the installation to complete.

The following exceptions and additional information might be required to complete the installation:

Graphical network-based installation

If you are performing a manual installation over the network and intend to use the remote graphical installer over VNC by setting the inst.vnc boot option, you must also set boot options to configure the network. Otherwise, the graphical installer fails to load and the installation reverts to text mode.

To ensure that the VNC server starts at boot, append the appropriate ip option to your kernel boot command. Typically, for a DHCP configuration, this may look similar to the following: ip=eth0:dhcp .

Software Selection Groups

Note that the available Software Selection Groups in the installer may differ slightly from the groups that are available in the x86_64 installer.

Software Sources

Note that unlike the x86_64 installer, there are no alternate Software Source repositories provided on this ISO.

5.2 Installation of Raspberry Pi ™ 3 Image

Oracle provides an installation image of Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64) that is specifically designed to run on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B or Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ hardware. The provided installation image is a default installation of Oracle Linux 7 Update 7 (aarch64) into a raw disk image that can be cloned block-by-block to an SD Card for immediate boot. The default file system used in the image is btrfs. Raspberry Pi is a trademark of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. More information about installing a Linux image onto the Raspberry Pi is available at:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/linux.md

The recommended installation process is summarized as follows:

  1. Obtain the Raspberry Pi 3 disk image from the Oracle Technology Network ( https://www.oracle.com/linux/products.html ). You should unzip the disk image when you have downloaded it.

  2. On an existing Oracle Linux system, insert the SD Card into an SD Card reader that is connected to the system. The image is 5 GB in size. At minimum, your SD Card must have the capacity to store this image. An 8 GB SD Card is the recommended minimum.

  3. Identify the device name for the SD Card. You can obtain this information from the output of dmesg , when you connect the device by using the lsblk or fdisk -l commands to list device names and device information.

  4. Use the dd command to perform a block copy of the image file to the SD Card device. For example:

    # dd if=/path/to/img of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=4M

    where /path/to/img is the relative path to the image file and /dev/mmcblk0 is the device name for the SD Card.

    Important

    This operation is destructive and will overwrite any data on the device that you have specified. Ensure that you have specified the correct device name. The operation may take some time to complete.

  5. When the operation has completed, eject the SD Card from the reader, insert it into the SD Card reader on the Raspberry Pi and boot into Oracle Linux 7.

  6. Log into the image as the root user using the password oracle . Change the password immediately after you log in.

If your SD Card is larger than the image (5 GB), you can grow the partition size to maximize disk usage, which can be done by running the following commands after the installation has completed and after logging into the system on the Raspberry Pi:

# growpart /dev/mmcblk0 4 
# btrfs filesystem resize max /
Tip

If you require a graphical user interface (GUI), the XFCE desktop environment that is available in the ol7_developer_EPEL yum repository is usable and may be more suitable for devices with limited resources, such as the Raspberry Pi.

Appendix A Package Changes from the Upstream Release

The following sections list the changes to binary and source packages from the upstream release.

A.1 Changes to Binary Packages

This section contains information about the removed, modified, and new binary packages in this release. For information about the source package changes, see Section A.2, “Changes to Source Packages” .

A.1.1 Added Binary Packages by Oracle

The following binary packages have been added by Oracle:

  • AAVMF

  • dtrace-utils

  • dtrace-utils-devel

  • dtrace-utils-testsuite

  • inotify-tools

  • isl

  • isl-devel

  • ivshmem-tools

  • kernel-uek

  • kernel-uek-debug

  • kernel-uek-debug-devel

  • kernel-uek-devel

  • kernel-uek-headers

  • kernel-uek-tools

  • kernel-uek-tools-libs

  • kernel-uek-tools-libs-devel

  • libdtrace-ctf

  • libdtrace-ctf-devel

  • libzstd

  • libzstd-devel

  • lxc

  • lxc-devel

  • lxc-libs

  • ocfs2-tools

  • ocfs2-tools-devel

  • oracle-armtoolset-1

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-binutils

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-binutils-devel

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-build

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-cpp

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-gcc

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-gcc-c++

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-gcc-gdb-plugin

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-gcc-gfortran

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-gcc-gnat

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-gcc-go

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-gcc-objc

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-gcc-objc++

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-gcc-plugin-devel

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-gdb

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-gdb-doc

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-gdb-gdbserver

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-golang

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-golang-bin

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-golang-docs

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-golang-misc

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-golang-src

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-golang-tests

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libasan

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libasan-static

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libatomic

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libatomic-static

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libgcc

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libgccjit

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libgccjit-devel

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libgfortran

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libgfortran-static

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libgnat

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libgnat-devel

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libgnat-static

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libgo

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libgo-devel

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libgomp

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libgo-static

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libitm

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libitm-devel

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libitm-static

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-liblsan

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-liblsan-static

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libobjc

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libstdc++

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libstdc++-devel

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libstdc++-static

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libtsan

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libtsan-static

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libubsan

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-libubsan-static

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-runtime

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-toolchain

  • oracle-logos

  • perf

  • python-perf

  • qemu

  • qemu-block-gluster

  • qemu-block-iscsi

  • qemu-block-rbd

  • qemu-common

  • qemu-img

  • qemu-kvm

  • qemu-kvm-core

  • qemu-system-aarch64

  • qemu-system-aarch64-core

  • reflink

  • uname26

  • yum-plugin-ulninfo

  • zstd

A.1.2 Modified Binary Packages

The following binary packages from the upstream release have been modified:

  • abrt

  • abrt-addon-ccpp

  • abrt-addon-kerneloops

  • abrt-addon-pstoreoops

  • abrt-addon-python

  • abrt-addon-vmcore

  • abrt-addon-xorg

  • abrt-cli

  • abrt-console-notification

  • abrt-dbus

  • abrt-desktop

  • abrt-gui

  • abrt-gui-libs

  • abrt-java-connector

  • abrt-libs

  • abrt-python

  • abrt-tui

  • akonadi

  • akonadi-mysql

  • anaconda

  • anaconda-core

  • anaconda-gui

  • anaconda-tui

  • anaconda-widgets

  • apr-util

  • apr-util-devel

  • autofs

  • basesystem

  • binutils

  • binutils-devel

  • bpftool

  • btrfs-progs

  • chrony

  • cloud-init

  • clufter-bin

  • clufter-cli

  • clufter-common

  • clufter-lib-ccs

  • clufter-lib-general

  • clufter-lib-pcs

  • cmirror

  • cockpit

  • cockpit-bridge

  • cockpit-system

  • cockpit-ws

  • coreutils

  • cpp

  • cups-filters

  • cups-filters-libs

  • curl

  • dbus

  • dbus-devel

  • dbus-libs

  • dbus-x11

  • device-mapper

  • device-mapper-event

  • device-mapper-event-libs

  • device-mapper-libs

  • device-mapper-multipath

  • device-mapper-multipath-libs

  • dhclient

  • dhcp

  • dhcp-common

  • dhcp-libs

  • dracut

  • dracut-config-generic

  • dracut-config-rescue

  • dracut-fips

  • dracut-fips-aesni

  • dracut-network

  • dtc

  • efibootmgr

  • firefox

  • fuse

  • fuse-devel

  • fuse-libs

  • fwupdate

  • fwupdate-efi

  • fwupdate-libs

  • gcc

  • gcc-c++

  • gcc-gfortran

  • gcc-gnat

  • gcc-objc

  • gcc-objc++

  • gdb

  • gdb-gdbserver

  • glibc

  • glibc-common

  • glibc-devel

  • glibc-headers

  • glibc-utils

  • gnome-system-log

  • gperftools-libs

  • grub2

  • grub2-common

  • grub2-efi-aa64

  • grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot

  • grub2-efi-aa64-modules

  • grub2-tools

  • grub2-tools-extra

  • grub2-tools-minimal

  • grubby

  • gstreamer

  • gstreamer-tools

  • httpd

  • httpd-devel

  • httpd-manual

  • httpd-tools

  • initial-setup

  • initial-setup-gui

  • initscripts

  • ipa-client

  • ipa-client-common

  • ipa-common

  • ipa-python-compat

  • ipa-server

  • ipa-server-common

  • ipa-server-dns

  • ipa-server-trust-ad

  • iscsi-initiator-utils

  • iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio

  • iwl1000-firmware

  • iwl100-firmware

  • iwl105-firmware

  • iwl135-firmware

  • iwl2000-firmware

  • iwl2030-firmware

  • iwl3160-firmware

  • iwl3945-firmware

  • iwl4965-firmware

  • iwl5000-firmware

  • iwl5150-firmware

  • iwl6000-firmware

  • iwl6000g2a-firmware

  • iwl6000g2b-firmware

  • iwl6050-firmware

  • iwl7260-firmware

  • iwl7265-firmware

  • java-11-openjdk

  • java-11-openjdk-devel

  • java-11-openjdk-headless

  • java-1.7.0-openjdk

  • java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel

  • java-1.7.0-openjdk-headless

  • kdepimlibs

  • kdepimlibs-akonadi

  • kdepimlibs-devel

  • kdepimlibs-kxmlrpcclient

  • kde-settings

  • kde-settings-ksplash

  • kde-settings-plasma

  • kde-settings-pulseaudio

  • kernel

  • kernel-abi-whitelists

  • kernel-debug

  • kernel-debug-devel

  • kernel-devel

  • kernel-doc

  • kernel-headers

  • kernel-tools

  • kernel-tools-libs

  • kexec-tools

  • kmod

  • kmod-kvdo

  • kmod-libs

  • kpartx

  • ksc

  • ksh

  • libcurl

  • libcurl-devel

  • libdbi-dbd-mysql

  • libdbi-dbd-pgsql

  • libdbi-drivers

  • libfdt

  • libfdt-devel

  • libgcc

  • libgfortran

  • libgnat

  • libgnat-devel

  • libgomp

  • libgudev1

  • libgudev1-devel

  • libguestfs

  • libguestfs-inspect-icons

  • libguestfs-java

  • libguestfs-tools

  • libguestfs-tools-c

  • libguestfs-xfs

  • libitm

  • libitm-devel

  • libobjc

  • libreport

  • libreport-anaconda

  • libreport-cli

  • libreport-filesystem

  • libreport-gtk

  • libreport-plugin-bugzilla

  • libreport-plugin-mailx

  • libreport-plugin-reportuploader

  • libreport-plugin-ureport

  • libreport-python

  • libreport-rhel-anaconda-bugzilla

  • libreport-web

  • libreswan

  • libssh2

  • libstdc++

  • libstdc++-devel

  • libstdc++-docs

  • libstoragemgmt

  • libstoragemgmt-arcconf-plugin

  • libstoragemgmt-hpsa-plugin

  • libstoragemgmt-local-plugin

  • libstoragemgmt-megaraid-plugin

  • libstoragemgmt-netapp-plugin

  • libstoragemgmt-nfs-plugin

  • libstoragemgmt-nfs-plugin-clibs

  • libstoragemgmt-nstor-plugin

  • libstoragemgmt-python

  • libstoragemgmt-python-clibs

  • libstoragemgmt-smis-plugin

  • libstoragemgmt-targetd-plugin

  • libstoragemgmt-udev

  • libvirt

  • libvirt-bash-completion

  • libvirt-client

  • libvirt-daemon

  • libvirt-daemon-config-network

  • libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter

  • libvirt-daemon-driver-interface

  • libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc

  • libvirt-daemon-driver-network

  • libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev

  • libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter

  • libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu

  • libvirt-daemon-driver-secret

  • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage

  • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core

  • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk

  • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster

  • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi

  • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical

  • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath

  • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd

  • libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi

  • libvirt-daemon-kvm

  • libvirt-daemon-qemu

  • libvirt-devel

  • libvirt-docs

  • libvirt-libs

  • libxml2

  • libxml2-devel

  • libxml2-python

  • libxslt

  • libxslt-devel

  • linux-firmware

  • lorax

  • lvm2

  • lvm2-cluster

  • lvm2-libs

  • lvm2-python-boom

  • lvm2-python-libs

  • lz4

  • mdadm

  • mod_session

  • mod_ssl

  • mokutil

  • mozjs52

  • nfs-utils

  • nscd

  • nss-softokn

  • nss-softokn-devel

  • nss-softokn-freebl

  • nss-softokn-freebl-devel

  • ntp

  • ntpdate

  • OpenIPMI

  • OpenIPMI-libs

  • OpenIPMI-modalias

  • OpenIPMI-perl

  • openscap

  • openscap-containers

  • openscap-python

  • openscap-scanner

  • openscap-utils

  • openssl

  • openssl-devel

  • openssl-libs

  • oscap-anaconda-addon

  • osinfo-db

  • os-prober

  • PackageKit

  • PackageKit-command-not-found

  • PackageKit-glib

  • PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin

  • PackageKit-gtk3-module

  • PackageKit-yum

  • parted

  • pcs

  • pcs-snmp

  • perf

  • perl-DBD-MySQL

  • perl-Sys-Guestfs

  • perl-XML-Parser

  • plymouth

  • plymouth-core-libs

  • plymouth-graphics-libs

  • plymouth-plugin-label

  • plymouth-plugin-two-step

  • plymouth-scripts

  • plymouth-system-theme

  • plymouth-theme-charge

  • policycoreutils

  • policycoreutils-devel

  • policycoreutils-gui

  • policycoreutils-newrole

  • policycoreutils-python

  • policycoreutils-sandbox

  • polkit

  • polkit-devel

  • polkit-docs

  • ppp

  • pykickstart

  • python

  • python2-ipaclient

  • python2-ipalib

  • python2-ipaserver

  • python3

  • python3-libs

  • python-blivet

  • python-clufter

  • python-configshell

  • python-devel

  • python-jwt

  • python-libguestfs

  • python-libs

  • python-msrestazure

  • python-perf

  • python-rtslib

  • python-s3transfer

  • qt3

  • qt3-devel

  • qt3-MySQL

  • qt3-ODBC

  • qt3-PostgreSQL

  • qt-settings

  • rear

  • redhat-bookmarks

  • redhat-indexhtml

  • redhat-lsb

  • redhat-lsb-core

  • redhat-lsb-cxx

  • redhat-lsb-desktop

  • redhat-lsb-languages

  • redhat-lsb-printing

  • redhat-lsb-submod-multimedia

  • redhat-lsb-submod-security

  • redhat-release-server

  • redhat-rpm-config

  • redhat-upgrade-dracut

  • redhat-upgrade-dracut-plymouth

  • redhat-upgrade-tool

  • redland

  • redland-virtuoso

  • rhn-check

  • rhn-client-tools

  • rhnlib

  • rhnsd

  • rhn-setup

  • rhn-setup-gnome

  • rpmdevtools

  • scap-security-guide

  • scap-security-guide-doc

  • scap-workbench

  • selinux-policy

  • selinux-policy-devel

  • selinux-policy-minimum

  • selinux-policy-mls

  • selinux-policy-targeted

  • setroubleshoot

  • setroubleshoot-plugins

  • setroubleshoot-server

  • shim-aa64

  • shim-unsigned-aa64

  • sos

  • sos-collector

  • spice-streaming-agent

  • system-config-date

  • system-config-kickstart

  • systemd

  • systemd-devel

  • systemd-libs

  • systemd-python

  • systemd-sysv

  • tog-pegasus

  • tog-pegasus-libs

  • unixODBC

  • unixODBC-devel

  • uom-lib

  • virt-install

  • virt-manager

  • virt-manager-common

  • virt-p2v-maker

  • virt-v2v

  • wireshark

  • wireshark-gnome

  • xfsprogs

  • xsane-common

  • xsane-gimp

  • xulrunner

  • yum

  • yum-plugin-aliases

  • yum-plugin-changelog

  • yum-plugin-ovl

  • yum-plugin-tmprepo

  • yum-plugin-verify

  • yum-plugin-versionlock

  • yum-rhn-plugin

  • yum-utils

A.1.3 Modified Optional Binary Packages

The following optional binary packages have been modified:

  • thunderbird

A.1.4 New Binary Packages

The following binary packages are new for Update 6, relative to Update 5 of Oracle Linux 7:

  • adobe-mappings-cmap

  • adobe-mappings-pdf

  • biosdevname

  • chrome-gnome-shell

  • geoipupdate

  • geolite2

  • kernel

  • kmod-kvdo

  • ksc

  • libmaxminddb

  • libpaper

  • nbdkit

  • openjpeg2

  • pmdk-convert

  • po4a

  • python3

  • python3-setuptools

  • python-blivet3

  • python-pip

  • python-rpm-generators

  • python-rpm-macros

  • python-wheel

  • redfish-finder

  • sassist

  • ucx

  • urw-base35-fonts

  • xorriso

A.2 Changes to Source Packages

This section contains information about the removed, modified, and new source packages in this release. For information about the binary package changes, see Section A.1, “Changes to Binary Packages” .

A.2.1 Added Source Packages by Oracle

The following source packages have been added by Oracle:

  • dtrace-utils

  • edk2

  • inotify-tools

  • isl

  • kernel-uek

  • libdtrace-ctf

  • lxc

  • ocfs2-tools

  • oracle-armtoolset-1

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-binutils

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-gcc

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-gdb

  • oracle-armtoolset-1-golang

  • oraclelinux-release

  • oracle-logos

  • qemu

  • reflink

  • uname26

  • yum-plugin-ulninfo

  • zstd

A.2.2 Modified Source Packages

The following source packages from the upstream release have been modified:

  • abrt

  • abrt-java-connector

  • akonadi

  • anaconda

  • apr-util

  • autofs

  • babel

  • basesystem

  • bcc

  • binutils

  • brltty

  • btrfs-progs

  • caribou

  • ceph-common

  • chrony

  • cloud-init

  • clufter

  • cockpit

  • coreutils

  • cups-filters

  • curl

  • custodia

  • dbus

  • dbus-glib

  • dbusmenu-qt

  • dbus-python

  • deltarpm

  • device-mapper-multipath

  • device-mapper-persistent-data

  • dhcp

  • dracut

  • dtc

  • efibootmgr

  • file

  • firefox

  • firewalld

  • fuse

  • fuseiso

  • fwupdate

  • gcc

  • gcc-libraries

  • gdb

  • gdbm

  • glibc

  • gnome-system-log

  • gperftools

  • grub2

  • grubby

  • gstreamer

  • gstreamer1

  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free

  • gstreamer1-plugins-base

  • gstreamer1-plugins-good

  • gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free

  • gstreamer-plugins-bad-free

  • gstreamer-plugins-base

  • gstreamer-plugins-good

  • hawkey

  • httpd

  • initial-setup

  • initscripts

  • ipa

  • iscsi-initiator-utils

  • java-11-openjdk

  • java-1.7.0-openjdk

  • javapackages-tools

  • kdepimlibs

  • kde-settings

  • kernel

  • kernel-uek

  • kexec-tools

  • keycloak-httpd-client-install

  • kmod

  • kmod-kvdo

  • ksc

  • kscreen

  • ksh

  • libblockdev

  • libbytesize

  • libdbi-drivers

  • libguestfs

  • libguestfs-winsupport

  • libpwquality

  • libreport

  • libreswan

  • libssh2

  • libstoragemgmt

  • libtdb

  • libtevent

  • libvirt

  • libvirt-cim

  • libvirt-glib

  • libvirt-java

  • libvirt-python

  • libvirt-snmp

  • libxml2

  • libxslt

  • linux-firmware

  • lorax

  • lvm2

  • lz4

  • mdadm

  • mozjs52

  • nfs-utils

  • nss-softokn

  • ntp

  • OpenIPMI

  • openscap

  • openssl

  • oscap-anaconda-addon

  • osinfo-db

  • osinfo-db-tools

  • os-prober

  • PackageKit

  • parted

  • pcp

  • pcs

  • pcsc-lite

  • pcsc-lite-ccid

  • perftest

  • perl-DBD-MySQL

  • perl-XML-Parser

  • plymouth

  • policycoreutils

  • polkit

  • polkit-kde

  • polkit-pkla-compat

  • polkit-qt

  • ppp

  • pyatspi

  • pygobject3

  • pykickstart

  • python

  • python3

  • python3-setuptools

  • python-adal

  • python-augeas

  • python-azure-sdk

  • python-backports

  • python-backports-ssl_match_hostname

  • python-beaker

  • python-blivet

  • python-blivet3

  • python-boto3

  • python-cffi

  • python-chardet

  • python-cherrypy

  • python-configobj

  • python-configshell

  • python-coverage

  • python-cpio

  • python-cryptography

  • python-cups

  • python-dateutil

  • python-decorator

  • python-di

  • python-dmidecode

  • python-dns

  • python-docs

  • python-docutils

  • python-enum34

  • python-ethtool

  • python-futures

  • python-gssapi

  • python-gudev

  • python-hwdata

  • python-idna

  • python-iniparse

  • python-inotify

  • python-ipaddr

  • python-ipaddress

  • python-IPy

  • python-isodate

  • python-jinja2

  • python-jsonpatch

  • python-jsonpointer

  • python-jwcrypto

  • python-jwt

  • python-kdcproxy

  • python-kerberos

  • python-kitchen

  • python-kmod

  • python-krbV

  • python-ldap

  • python-linux-procfs

  • python-lxml

  • python-mako

  • python-markupsafe

  • python-matplotlib

  • python-meh

  • python-memcached

  • python-msrest

  • python-msrestazure

  • python-netaddr

  • python-netifaces

  • python-nose

  • python-nss

  • python-ntplib

  • python-oauthlib

  • python-paramiko

  • python-paste

  • python-pillow

  • python-pip

  • python-ply

  • python-prettytable

  • python-psycopg2

  • python-pyasn1

  • python-pyblock

  • python-pycparser

  • python-pycurl

  • python-pyudev

  • python-qrcode

  • python-reportlab

  • python-requests

  • python-requests-oauthlib

  • python-rpm-generators

  • python-rpm-macros

  • python-rtslib

  • python-s3transfer

  • python-schedutils

  • python-setproctitle

  • python-setuptools

  • python-six

  • python-slip

  • python-smbc

  • python-sqlalchemy

  • python-subprocess32

  • python-suds

  • python-tempita

  • python-urlgrabber

  • python-urllib3

  • python-urwid

  • python-virtualenv

  • python-wheel

  • python-yubico

  • qt3

  • rear

  • redhat-bookmarks

  • redhat-indexhtml

  • redhat-lsb

  • redhat-release-server

  • redhat-rpm-config

  • redhat-upgrade-dracut

  • redhat-upgrade-tool

  • redland

  • rhn-client-tools

  • rhnlib

  • rhnsd

  • rpmdevtools

  • scap-security-guide

  • scap-workbench

  • selinux-policy

  • setroubleshoot

  • setroubleshoot-plugins

  • shim

  • shim-signed

  • sos

  • sos-collector

  • spice-streaming-agent

  • sssd

  • system-config-date

  • system-config-date-docs

  • system-config-kickstart

  • systemd

  • tog-pegasus

  • unixODBC

  • uom-lib

  • virt-manager

  • volume_key

  • wireshark

  • xfsprogs

  • xsane

  • xulrunner

  • yum

  • yum-langpacks

  • yum-metadata-parser

  • yum-plugin-ulninfo

  • yum-rhn-plugin

  • yum-utils

A.2.3 Modified Optional Source Packages

The following optional source packages have been modified:

  • gnu-efi

  • jetty-artifact-remote-resources

  • jetty-parent

  • jetty-toolchain

  • kmod-redhat-ixgbe

  • libreoffice

  • pesign

  • publican

  • sanlock

  • thunderbird