Recommended update for yast2-network

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:0747-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that has six fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for yast2-network fixes the following issues:

  • Support both 'bridge_forwarddelay' and 'bridge_forward_delay'. The latter takes precedence. (bsc#1180944)
  • Fixes some usability issues (bsc#1177834, bsc#1182781):
  • Disable "Edit" and "Delete" buttons when no interfaces are detected.
  • Disable the "Scan Network" button when the interface does not exist.
  • Do not consider proposing 'nfsroot' as startmode when running on installation. (bsc#1182818)
  • Do not filter ethernet cards when configuring a bond in s390. (bsc#1182911)
  • Only propose a 1492 'MTU' size when configuring an LCS interface.
  • Fixed writing a record into /etc/hosts for static ips during autoyast installation. (bsc#1178260)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP2-2021-747=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-747=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 (noarch)
    • yast2-network-4.2.96-3.49.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • yast2-network-4.2.96-3.49.1

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