Recommended update for dracut

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:4092-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

An update that has seven fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for dracut fixes the following issues:

  • Avoid executing emergency hook twice
  • If no server is configured, read BOOTSERVERADDR from wicked's leaseinf (bsc#1089332)
  • Fix finding btrfs devices (bsc#1104178)
  • lsinitrd: Fix cat: write error: Broken pipe error (bsc#1094603)
  • Add fix to override ACPI tables via initrd, a kernel config variable changed name (bsc#1098448)
  • 98dracut-systemd: Start systemd-vconsole-setup before dracut-cmdline-ask (bsc#1055834)
  • Mark the DASD udev rules host-only and handle backslashes in paths for hostonly files (bsc#1090884)
  • Add kernel-syms to list of packages to remove with purge-kernels (bsc#1104090)
  • Skip kernels that cannot be removed by purge-kernels due to dependencies and continue removing other kernels (bsc#1104090)

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 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-2925=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2925=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2925=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2925=1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • dracut-044.1-114.20.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-114.20.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-114.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • dracut-044.1-114.20.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-114.20.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-114.20.1
    • dracut-fips-044.1-114.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • dracut-044.1-114.20.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-114.20.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-114.20.1
    • dracut-fips-044.1-114.20.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • dracut-044.1-114.20.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-114.20.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-114.20.1
    • dracut-fips-044.1-114.20.1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 (x86_64)
    • dracut-044.1-114.20.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-114.20.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-114.20.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 (x86_64)
    • dracut-044.1-114.20.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-114.20.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-114.20.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 (x86_64)
    • dracut-044.1-114.20.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-114.20.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-114.20.1

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