Recommended update for Salt

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for Salt
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:0894-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1099976 #1172110 #1174855 #1180101 #1180818 #1181290 #1181347
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Manager Tools 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Advanced Systems Management 12

An update that has 7 recommended fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update fixes the following issues:
salt:

  • Only require python-certifi for CentOS7
  • Fix race conditions for corner cases when handling SIGTERM by minion (bsc#1172110)
  • Implementation of suse_ip execution module to prevent issues with network.managed (bsc#1099976)
  • Fix recursion false detection in payload (bsc#1180101)
  • Add sleep on exception handling on minion connection attempt to the master (bsc#1174855)
  • Allows for the VMware provider to handle CPU and memory hot-add in newer versions of the software. (bsc#1181347)
  • Always require python-certifi (used by salt.ext.tornado)
  • Exclude SLE 12 from requiring python-certifi
  • Do not crash when unexpected cmd output at listing patches (bsc#1181290)
  • Fix behavior for "onlyif/unless" when multiple conditions (bsc#1180818)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Recommended 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 Manager Tools 12:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Manager-Tools-12-2021-894=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12-SP2:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-POS-12-SP2-2021-894=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Advanced Systems Management 12:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Adv-Systems-Management-12-2021-894=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Manager Tools 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • python2-salt-3000-46.136.1
    • python3-salt-3000-46.136.1
    • salt-3000-46.136.1
    • salt-doc-3000-46.136.1
    • salt-minion-3000-46.136.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12-SP2 (x86_64):
    • python2-salt-3000-46.136.1
    • salt-3000-46.136.1
    • salt-minion-3000-46.136.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Advanced Systems Management 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • python2-salt-3000-46.136.1
    • salt-3000-46.136.1
    • salt-api-3000-46.136.1
    • salt-cloud-3000-46.136.1
    • salt-doc-3000-46.136.1
    • salt-master-3000-46.136.1
    • salt-minion-3000-46.136.1
    • salt-proxy-3000-46.136.1
    • salt-ssh-3000-46.136.1
    • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3000-46.136.1
    • salt-syndic-3000-46.136.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Advanced Systems Management 12 (noarch):
    • salt-bash-completion-3000-46.136.1
    • salt-zsh-completion-3000-46.136.1

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