A kexec-tools bug fix and enhancement update has been released for Oracle Linux 8.

El-errata: ELBA-2021-5225 Oracle Linux 8 kexec-tools bug fix and enhancement update

Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2021-5225

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2021-5225.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
kexec-tools-2.0.20-57.0.3.el8_5.1.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
kexec-tools-2.0.20-57.0.3.el8_5.1.aarch64.rpm

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kexec-tools-2.0.20-57.0.3.el8_5.1.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[2.0.20-57.0.3]
- Merge 8.4 extra patches for SB boot environment [Orabug: 33512440]
- Merge SRPM/ol8-u4 orabug patches into SRPM/ol8-u5 [Orabug: 33471981]
- makedumpfile: Add support for newer kernels up to v5.12 [Orabug: 33250117]

[2.0.20-57.1]
- mkdumprd: Use xz for squash image compression

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