Recommended update for os-prober

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:1410-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for os-prober provides the following fixes:

  • Remove the wildcard test for ld.so. It is inaccurate, slow and could hang for a long time in some circumstances. (bsc#1008444)
  • Parse /etc/os-release for openSUSE Tumbleweed. (bsc#997465)

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 Desktop 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-869=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-869=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-869=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-869=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-869=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-869=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-869=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-869=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • os-prober-debugsource-1.61-29.1
    • os-prober-1.61-29.1
    • os-prober-debuginfo-1.61-29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • os-prober-debugsource-1.61-29.1
    • os-prober-1.61-29.1
    • os-prober-debuginfo-1.61-29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • os-prober-debugsource-1.61-29.1
    • os-prober-1.61-29.1
    • os-prober-debuginfo-1.61-29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • os-prober-debugsource-1.61-29.1
    • os-prober-1.61-29.1
    • os-prober-debuginfo-1.61-29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • os-prober-debugsource-1.61-29.1
    • os-prober-1.61-29.1
    • os-prober-debuginfo-1.61-29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • os-prober-debugsource-1.61-29.1
    • os-prober-1.61-29.1
    • os-prober-debuginfo-1.61-29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • os-prober-debugsource-1.61-29.1
    • os-prober-1.61-29.1
    • os-prober-debuginfo-1.61-29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • os-prober-debugsource-1.61-29.1
    • os-prober-1.61-29.1
    • os-prober-debuginfo-1.61-29.1

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