Recommended update for openvswitch

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:1548-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for openvswitch fixes the following issues:

  • Updated the version to 2.8.7 to address several bugs. Please refer to this rpm's changelog file in order to see list all fixed bugs (bsc#1130276)
  • Fixes an issue where openvswitch failed to rotate logs due to permission errors (bsc#1132029)

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 High Performance Computing 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1548=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1548=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1548=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • openvswitch-2.8.7-4.18.2
    • libopenvswitch-2_8-0-2.8.7-4.18.2
    • libopenvswitch-2_8-0-debuginfo-2.8.7-4.18.2
    • openvswitch-debugsource-2.8.7-4.18.2
    • openvswitch-debuginfo-2.8.7-4.18.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • openvswitch-2.8.7-4.18.2
    • libopenvswitch-2_8-0-2.8.7-4.18.2
    • libopenvswitch-2_8-0-debuginfo-2.8.7-4.18.2
    • openvswitch-debugsource-2.8.7-4.18.2
    • openvswitch-debuginfo-2.8.7-4.18.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • openvswitch-2.8.7-4.18.2
    • libopenvswitch-2_8-0-2.8.7-4.18.2
    • libopenvswitch-2_8-0-debuginfo-2.8.7-4.18.2
    • openvswitch-debugsource-2.8.7-4.18.2
    • openvswitch-debuginfo-2.8.7-4.18.2

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