Recommended update for go1.14

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:1019-1
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 contains one feature and has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for go1.14 fixes the following issues:

go1.14.2 (released 2020-04-08) includes fixes to cgo, the go command, the runtime, os/exec, and testing packages. (bsc#1164903 ECO-1484)

  • go#38156 doc: BuildNameToCertificate deprecated in go 1.14 not mentioned in the release notes
  • go#38118 runtime/pprof: lostProfileEvent stack breaks gentraceback guarantee
  • go#38083 cmd/go/internal/test: data race in (*runCache).builderRunTest
  • go#38072 runtime: timer self-deadlock due to preemption point
  • go#38051 runtime: loops forever on sched_yield sometimes(timer related)
  • go#38005 runtime: "pipe failed with -89" at program startup(mipsle only), timer related netpoll init.
  • go#37970 runtime/pprof: panic: runtime error: index out of range [-1]
  • go#37968 runtime: fatal error: found bad pointer in Go heap (incorrect use of unsafe or cgo?)
  • go#37959 testing: data race between parallel panicking and normal subtest
  • go#37931 cmd/go: explain automatic vendoring in 'go help modules'
  • go#37928 runtime: GC pacing exhibits strange behavior with a low GOGC
  • go#37800 cmd/go: 'Access is denied' when renaming module cache directory
  • go#37699 PowerRegisterSuspendResumeNotification error on Azure App Services with go 1.13.7
  • go#37622 cmd/cgo: fails to generate certain types with Go 1.14
  • go#37480 runtime: "fatal error: unexpected signal" 0xC0000005 on Windows for a small program with a large allocation
  • go#37471 os/exec: environForSysProcAttr is never called as sysattr.Env is never nil

go1.14.1 (released 2020-03-19) includes fixes to the go command, tools, and the runtime.

  • go#37905 cmd/compile: -d=checkptr should not reject unaligned pointers to non-pointer data
  • go#37833 runtime: sometimes 100% CPU spin during init phase in Go 1.14 with preemptive scheduler
  • go#37822 cmd/go: module's "go" version should be included in cache key
  • go#37807 runtime: mlock of signal stack failed: 12
  • go#37782 runtime: crash on 1.14 with unexpected return pc, fatal error: unknown caller pc
  • go#37721 reflect: MakeMap() and not native map type wrong behavior
  • go#37671 cmd/go: tests that panic or exit are marked as passing when -json flag is used
  • go#37667 runtime: asyncPreempt should not try to save floating-point context for softfloat MIPS targets
  • go#37630 doc: missing documentation of quoting the URL of url.Errors in go1.14 release notes
  • go#37613 runtime: Go 1.14.rc1 3-5% performance regression from 1.13 during protobuf marshalling
  • go#37494 time: racy Timer access should either work or throw, not panic
  • go#37478 SIGILL: illegal instruction on any go tool under macOS
  • go#37447 runtime/pprof: inline frames may not use combined location
  • go#37343 cmd/trace: requires HTML imports, which doesn't work on any major browser anymore

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-SP1-2020-1019=1

Package List:

  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • go1.14-1.14.2-1.7.1
    • go1.14-doc-1.14.2-1.7.1

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