Recommended update for yast2, yast2-installation and yast2-update

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:4196-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that has five fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for yast2, yast2-installation and yast2-update fixes the following issues:

yast2:

  • Command line interface: Do not start an UI while evaluating current language settings (bsc#1173133)
  • Fix creating snapshots after installation or offline upgrade (bsc#1180142)
  • Display error message in case of issues when reading/writing snapshots number (bsc#1180142)
  • save_y2logs to save kernel messages and udev log (bsc#1089647, bsc#1085212)

yast2-installation:

  • Ensure correct alignment when shrinking a PReP partition (bsc#1186371)
  • Display error message in case of issues when creating a snapshot after installing or before upgrading the system (bsc#1180142)

yast2-update:

  • Fix creating snapshots after installation or offline upgrade (bsc#1180142)
  • Display error message in case of issues when creating a snapshot after installing or before upgrading the system (bsc#1180142)

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 High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-4196=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-INSTALLER-12-SP5-2021-4196=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-4196=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-INSTALLER-12-SP5-2021-4196=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-4196=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • yast2-update-3.3.2-3.3.7
    • yast2-3.2.52-7.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • yast2-installation-3.4.3-4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • yast2-update-3.3.2-3.3.7
    • yast2-3.2.52-7.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • yast2-installation-3.4.3-4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • yast2-update-3.3.2-3.3.7
    • yast2-3.2.52-7.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • yast2-installation-3.4.3-4.7.1

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