Recommended update for git

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:1340-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • 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 six fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for git to version 2.26.2 fixes the following issues:

  • Fixed git-daemon not starting after conversion from sysvinit to systemd service (bsc#1169605).
  • Enabled access for git-daemon in firewall configuration (bsc#1170302).
  • Fixed problems with recent switch to protocol v2, which caused fetches transferring unreasonable amount of data (bsc#1170741).

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-SP1-2020-1340=1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP1-2020-1340=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • git-debuginfo-2.26.2-3.28.2
    • git-core-2.26.2-3.28.2
    • git-core-debuginfo-2.26.2-3.28.2
    • git-debugsource-2.26.2-3.28.2
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • git-web-2.26.2-3.28.2
    • git-daemon-2.26.2-3.28.2
    • git-svn-debuginfo-2.26.2-3.28.2
    • git-gui-2.26.2-3.28.2
    • git-debuginfo-2.26.2-3.28.2
    • git-debugsource-2.26.2-3.28.2
    • git-cvs-2.26.2-3.28.2
    • gitk-2.26.2-3.28.2
    • git-2.26.2-3.28.2
    • git-daemon-debuginfo-2.26.2-3.28.2
    • git-arch-2.26.2-3.28.2
    • git-email-2.26.2-3.28.2
    • git-svn-2.26.2-3.28.2
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (noarch)
    • git-doc-2.26.2-3.28.2

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