Recommended update for dracut

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:1969-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • 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 10 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for dracut fixes the following issues:

  • 95dasd-rules 95zfcp-rules: was not correctly looking for rule names (bsc#1137784)
  • Ensure early microcode gets added from files with .early postfix (bsc#1098915, bsc#1125393)
  • Ensure GPIO modules get included on ARM (bsc#1133819)
  • Fix Routes are not properly added due to spelling error (bsc#1134347)
  • Decouple iscsi from sysinit.target (bsc#1134472)
  • dracut-lib.sh:dev_unit_name() guard against $dev beginning with "-" (bsc#1132448)
  • 95iscsi: avoid error messages when building initrd, multipath timeouts (bsc#1130114, bsc#1130107, bsc#1121238)

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 Desktop 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-1969=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1969=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1969=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1969=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 (x86_64)
    • dracut-044.2-10.15.2
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.2-10.15.2
    • dracut-debugsource-044.2-10.15.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • dracut-044.2-10.15.2
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.2-10.15.2
    • dracut-fips-044.2-10.15.2
    • dracut-debugsource-044.2-10.15.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • dracut-044.2-10.15.2
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.2-10.15.2
    • dracut-fips-044.2-10.15.2
    • dracut-debugsource-044.2-10.15.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • dracut-044.2-10.15.2
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.2-10.15.2
    • dracut-fips-044.2-10.15.2
    • dracut-debugsource-044.2-10.15.2

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