Recommended update for autoyast2

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:0785-1
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 four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for autoyast2 fixes the following issues:

  • Execute the security client even when the given profile does not have a security section. (bsc#1182543)
  • Select patterns during auto installation even when not using the confirm mode (jsc#SMO-20, bsc#1182543)
  • Upgrade: Checking if a valid base product has been selected for upgrade and if not asking the user to check the product entry in the AY configuration file. (bsc#1175876)
  • Drop the 'general/mouse' element from the schema. It has been unsupported since version 3.0.3. (FATE#31310, bsc#1176973)
  • Import the security settings after importing the bootloader configuration. (bsc#1183042)

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 Server 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP2-2021-785=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-785=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 (noarch)
    • autoyast2-4.2.50-3.11.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • autoyast2-installation-4.2.50-3.11.1
    • autoyast2-4.2.50-3.11.1

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