Recommended update for python-kiwi

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:1048-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for python-kiwi fixes the following issues:

  • Fixed _get_grub2_mkconfig_tool

Last patch on this method breaks the search for alternative mkconfig names. It returns always on the first lookup which could be none. This breaks on systems that uses a different name than grub2-mkconfig, like on Ubuntu.

  • Increase spare space on disk repart (bsc#1165823)

The sizing of the virtual cylinders in parted seems to be unfavorable, as with some disks and SD cards here the device size is not a multiple of the cylinder size, so the last incomplete cylinder is wasted. If this wasted space is more than 5MiB, kiwi tries to resize indefinitely. Therefore min_additional_mbytes gets increased to prevent running into this situation.

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:

  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP1-2020-1048=1

Package List:

  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • dracut-kiwi-live-9.20.5-3.18.1
    • kiwi-tools-9.20.5-3.18.1
    • python-kiwi-debugsource-9.20.5-3.18.1
    • dracut-kiwi-overlay-9.20.5-3.18.1
    • kiwi-man-pages-9.20.5-3.18.1
    • python3-kiwi-9.20.5-3.18.1
    • dracut-kiwi-lib-9.20.5-3.18.1
    • kiwi-tools-debuginfo-9.20.5-3.18.1
    • dracut-kiwi-oem-dump-9.20.5-3.18.1
    • dracut-kiwi-oem-repart-9.20.5-3.18.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • kiwi-pxeboot-9.20.5-3.18.1

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