Fedora 20 Update: dracut-034-64.git20131205.fc20

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2013-22831
2013-12-05 21:10:27
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Name        : dracut
Product     : Fedora 20
Version     : 034
Release     : 64.git20131205.fc20
URL         : https://dracut.wiki.kernel.org/
Summary     : Initramfs generator using udev
Description :
dracut contains tools to create a bootable initramfs for 2.6 Linux kernels.
Unlike existing implementations, dracut does hard-code as little as possible
into the initramfs. dracut contains various modules which are driven by the
event-based udev. Having root on MD, DM, LVM2, LUKS is supported as well as
NFS, iSCSI, NBD, FCoE with the dracut-network package.

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Update Information:

- fixed failing the boot while waiting for password input
- fixed PATH shortener
- also install /etc/system-fips in the initramfs
- nbd, do not fail in hostonly mode
- add ohci-pci to the list of hardcoded modules
- lvm: do not run pvscan for lvmetad
- skip crypt swaps with password files
- fixed i18n

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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #881624 - U.S. keyboard layout used for encryption passphrase entry during fedup second phase (apparent cause: dracut's 'i18n' module bailing if /etc/vconsole.conf does not exist)
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=881624
  [ 2 ] Bug #1038838 - lvm2: udev rule uses lvm2-pvscan at .service, but it is not present in the initramfs
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038838
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update dracut' at the command line.
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