Recommended update for yast2-network and yast2-ntp-client

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:1993-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem 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 11 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for yast2-network and yast2-ntp-client fixes the following issues:

yast2-network:

  • Internal Error after "yast lan add" (bsc#1137346)
  • Use the hwinfo permanent mac address instead of the current mac which could be wrong in case of an enslaved interface (bsc#1136929)
  • Do not create duplicate udev rule attributes when editing an interface name (bsc#1137324)
  • When proposing a bridge configuration for virtualization, move the routes from the enslaved interface to the new bridge (bsc#903889)
  • display a confirmation popup when static route is going to be removed when switching a device to dhcp (bsc#1131588)
  • AutoYaST: Use the bus_id of the udev parent device when using virtio network cards and matching the existent rules with the defined in in the profile (bsc#1129012)
  • Showing correct start mode for nfsroot device (bsc#1105692)
  • Fixes an issue during AutoYaST, where the error message 'Calling the YaST module `lan has failed.' has wrongly been reported (bsc#1140199)

yast2-ntp-client:

  • Fixes an issue during AutoYaST, where the error 'Calling the YaST module `ntp-client has failed.' has wrongly been reported (bsc#1140199)
  • Fixed a GUI bug where the 'Synchronize now' button and 'NTP Server Address' were misaligned (bsc#893065, bsc#1039985)

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-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2019-1993=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (noarch)
    • yast2-network-4.1.51-3.9.2
    • yast2-ntp-client-4.1.9-3.3.1

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