Recommended update for open-vm-tools

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for open-vm-tools
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:3114-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1103868
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3
  • SUSE CaaS Platform ALL
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0

An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:
Update to 10.3.0 (build 8931395)

  • Starting with 10.3.0, open-vm-tools builds with xmlsec1 by default (instead of building with xml-security). To revert to the old behavior and build with xml-security, use the option '--enable-xmlsecurity' for the ./configure command.

  • Remove vgauthd.service from the %pre and %post section in the spec file. This allows vmtoolsd.service to enable vgauthd if needed which creates the vmtoolsd.service.requires/vgauthd.service symlink. (bsc#1103868)

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 Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2212=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-2212=1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform ALL:
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0:
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard. 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 Server 12-SP3 (x86_64):
    • libvmtools0-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.16.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (x86_64):
    • libvmtools0-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.16.1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform ALL (x86_64):
    • libvmtools0-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.0-3.16.1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 (x86_64):
    • libvmtools0-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.16.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.0-3.16.1

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