Table of Contents
- Title and Copyright Information
- Preface
- 1 About Oracle Linux 8
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2
New Features and Changes
- Installation
- Red Hat Compatible Kernel
- Software Management
- Shells and Command-Line Tools
- Compilers and Development Toolsets
- GCC Toolset 11
- Database
- Dynamic Programming Languages, Web, and Database Servers
- File Systems and Storage
- High Availability and Clusters
- Infrastructure Services
- Graphics Infrastructure
- Networking
- Security
- Supportability
- Technology Preview
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3
Known Issues
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Installation and Upgrade Issues
- Oracle Linux 8.5 systems with libstoragemgt packages installed cannot be upgraded to Oracle Linux 8.6
- "Warning: The unit file, source configuration file or drop-ins of pmlogger.service changed on disk. Run 'systemctl daemon-reload' to reload units" warning during upgrade
- Messages referring to tmpfiles.d/ files appear during upgrade
- Installation on Oracle 6.4 TB NVMe SSD device fails because mkfs.xfs cannot mount file system
- Installer automatically enables Ethernet over USB network interface during a PXE installation
- Interactive text-based installation wizard unable to complete when an alternate language is selected
- Graphical installation program fails to produce error when an unacceptable Kdump value is entered
- Graphical installation program does not display the reserved memory that is manually set for Kdump
- Scriptlet-related error for microcode_ctl might be displayed during upgrade
- rhnreg_ks register command might fail if python3-rhn-virtualization-host package is installed
- Presence of beignet package could result in dependency issue during an upgrade
- ULN registration wizard not displayed on first boot after an installation
- Graphics controller requirements for an installation on an Oracle VM VirtualBox guest
- Spurious "hwcap directive ignored" messages appear during upgrade and when running ldconfig
- Systemd daemon reload messages during system update of gssproxy package
- Removing container-selinux package might also remove the selinux-policy-targeted package
- Running dnf update glusterfs-* command fails to upgrade previously installed packages
- Updating libss package might fail if libss-devel package is installed
- Options for configuring disk cache characteristics during VM creation unavailable in web console
- ACPI error messages displayed on Dell EMC PowerEdge Server during boot
- Oracle Linux 8 does not recognize SAS controllers on older Oracle Sun hardware
- File System Issues
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Kernel Issues
- Default kernel for KVM guest snapshots might not be interchangeable
- KVM guests boot with "amd64_edac_mod: Unknown symbol" errors on AMD 64-bit platforms
- Output of modinfo command does not show Retpoline support
- Kdump might fail on some AMD hardware
- Limitations of the LVM dm-writecache caching method
- tracepath6 does not parse destination IPv6 address correctly
- Running nohup prevents ssh command from executing
- Error: "mcelog service does not support this processor"
- Power button defaults to ACPI Suspend mode
- Podman Issues
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Installation and Upgrade Issues
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4
Package Changes from the Upstream Release
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Changes to Binary Packages
- Added Binary Packages for BaseOS by Oracle
- Added Binary Packages for AppStream by Oracle:
- Added Binary Packages for CodeReady Linux Builder by Oracle
- Modified BaseOS Binary Packages
- Modified Binary Packages for CodeReady Linux Builder by Oracle
- Modified AppStream Binary Packages
- Removed BaseOS Binary Packages
- Removed AppStream Binary Packages
- Removed CodeReady Linux Builder Binary Packages
- Changes to Source Packages
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Changes to Binary Packages