Recommended update for rsync

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:1358-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for rsync fixes the following issues:

  • rsync invoked with --sparse and --preallocate could have resulted in a failure (bsc#1108562)

  • Don't require systemd explicitly as it's not present in containers [bsc#1100786].

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-1358=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • rsync-3.1.3-4.3.1
    • rsync-debugsource-3.1.3-4.3.1
    • rsync-debuginfo-3.1.3-4.3.1

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