Table of Contents
- Title and Copyright Information
- Preface
- 1 About Oracle Linux 8
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2
New Features and Changes
- Installation and Update Changes
- Operating System and Software Management
- Shells and Command-Line Tools
- Compilers and Development Toolsets
- GCC Toolset 12
- Database
- Dynamic Programming Languages, Web and Database Servers
- File Systems and Storage
- High Availability and Clusters
- Infrastructure Services
- Security
- Virtualization
- 3 Technology Preview
- 4 Deprecated Features
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5
Known Issues
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Installation and Upgrade Issues
- UEK R7 ULN Channel Not Enabled After ULN Registration
- Messages referring to tmpfiles.d/ files appear during upgrade
- 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
- Package conflict between usbguard-1.0.0-2.el8.i686 and usbguard-1.0.0-8.el8.x86_64 on Oracle Linux 8 upgrades
- 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
- aarch64 only: Installer displays error: 'Failed to set new efi boot target' on systems with a multipath-enabled NVMe controller"
- 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
- 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
- Kernel Issues
- Error: "mcelog service does not support this processor"
- Power button defaults to ACPI Suspend mode
- Certain SEV guest configurations might cause hypervisor CPU soft-lockup warnings
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Installation and Upgrade Issues
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6
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