Recommended update for crash

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:1847-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1

An update that has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

The 'crash' tool was updated from version 7.1.3 to 7.1.5. The new version provides some new features and several bug fixes, including:

  • Adjust "struct domain" members to be compatible with newer versions of Xen. (bsc#922005)
  • Fix for the changes made to the kernel module structure introduced with newer kernel versions. (bsc#977306)
  • Do not create arch-specific p2m mapping for ELF Xen dumps. (bsc#909038)

A comprehensive list of changes is available at: http://people.redhat.com/anderson/crash.changelog.html

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 Real Time Extension 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RT-12-SP1-2016-1086=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1086=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1086=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1086=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • crash-kmp-compute-debuginfo-7.1.5_k3.12.54_10-10.1
    • crash-kmp-rt-debuginfo-7.1.5_k3.12.54_10-10.1
    • crash-kmp-compute-7.1.5_k3.12.54_10-10.1
    • crash-kmp-rt-7.1.5_k3.12.54_10-10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • crash-devel-7.1.5-7.1
    • crash-debugsource-7.1.5-7.1
    • crash-debuginfo-7.1.5-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • crash-debugsource-7.1.5-7.1
    • crash-debuginfo-7.1.5-7.1
    • crash-kmp-default-7.1.5_k3.12.57_60.35-7.1
    • crash-kmp-default-debuginfo-7.1.5_k3.12.57_60.35-7.1
    • crash-7.1.5-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • crash-kmp-xen-7.1.5_k3.12.57_60.35-7.1
    • crash-kmp-xen-debuginfo-7.1.5_k3.12.57_60.35-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • crash-debugsource-7.1.5-7.1
    • crash-debuginfo-7.1.5-7.1
    • crash-kmp-default-7.1.5_k3.12.57_60.35-7.1
    • crash-kmp-default-debuginfo-7.1.5_k3.12.57_60.35-7.1
    • crash-7.1.5-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • crash-kmp-xen-7.1.5_k3.12.57_60.35-7.1
    • crash-kmp-xen-debuginfo-7.1.5_k3.12.57_60.35-7.1

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