Recommended update for lshw

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:2470-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for lshw fixes the following issues:

  • Fixes the detection of powerpc products (bsc#1172156)
  • Fixed an issue where lshw crashed on powerpc and aarch64 (bsc#1168865, bsc#1169668)

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-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-2470=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • lshw-debuginfo-B.02.19.2-3.3.1
    • lshw-B.02.19.2-3.3.1
    • lshw-debugsource-B.02.19.2-3.3.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • lshw-lang-B.02.19.2-3.3.1

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