• Article Type: General
• Product: Primo

Problem Symptoms:
According to the file /etc/redhat-release the server primotest.abdn.ac.uk has the operating system Red Hat Linux Release 5 Update 10:

$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.10 (Tikanga)

However, the Primo utility util_sp_10 reported that Red Hat Release 5 Update 1 is installed and issued the following warning:

Redhat release 5 update 1
***************************************
OS update level too low for Oracle 11.2
***************************************

Cause:
The Primo utility util_sp_10 calls the script /exlibris/ftp_from_exlibris/pkgchk.sh. This script reads the file /etc/redhat-release and determines the Update level of Red Hat from the number on the right-hand side of the period. However, the script reads only the first digit of that number.

Resolution:
Implemented workaround:
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(1)
On server primotest.abdn.ac.uk I adjusted the script /exlibris/ftp_from_exlibris/pkgchk.sh so that it reads the first two digits of the number on the right-hand side of the period. For this purpose I changed line 16 of the script

from:
rhupd=$(grep release /etc/redhat-release | sed 's/^.*release [0-9]\.\([0-9]\).*/\1/')

to:
rhupd=$(grep release /etc/redhat-release | sed 's/^.*release [0-9]\.\([0-9]\{1,2\}\).*/\1/')


(2)
I executed the Primo utility util_sp_10 and verified that it determines the Update level of Red Hat correctly and that it does not issue any warnings.

Category: System Management (500)

• Article last edited: 12/30/2014