Recommended update for nut

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:1980-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3

An update that has six fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update of nut to version 2.7.4 brings the following fixes and enhancements (fate#325455):

  • New class of devices supported: ATS - Automatic Transfer Switch.
  • NUT command and variable naming scheme changes.
  • Add support for a wide range of new devices.
  • snmp-ups improvements.
  • Eaton: Improvements and fixes of 3ph SNMP, ePDU (G2 and G3) and XML/PDC.
  • Further fixes and improvements of bcmxcp_usb, dummy-ups, libnutclient, nutdrv_atcl_usb, nutdrv_qx, nut-ipmipsu, solis, tripplitesu, usbhid-ups.
  • nut-scanner: Do not depend on development libraries. (bsc#963505)
  • Improve SSL support through Mozilla NSS, Augeas support.
  • Fixed UPower device matching in recent kernels.
  • nut-server.service: Restore systemd relationship. (bsc#907387)
  • Network protocol information change.
  • Add support for OpenSSL 1.1.0 library, allow TLSv1 and higher (not just TLSv1) and report TLS version used in debug mode level 3 and higher. (bsc#1069988)
  • No more conflict with apcupsd. (bsc#1070373).
  • Do not depend on upquote.sty as this makes asciidoc too expensive. (bsc#1063897)
  • Drop the aspell dependency, as it is only used for verification of the man pages. (fate#323578)
  • Drop dummy init scripts that are not needed anymore. (bsc#801542#c2)
  • Fix service files paths. (bsc#907387)
  • Remove support for FreeDesktop Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL).
  • nutdrv_atcl_usb: New driver for 'ATCL FOR UPS'.
  • al175: Re-introduced this driver.
  • upsdrvctl now provides retry options for upsdrvctl and drivers.
  • snmp-ups: Add support for XPPC-MIB and Tripp Lite SU10KRT3/1X. Also fix erroneous status in HP/Compaq SNMP MIB (with the most recent HP firmware.
  • nutdrv_qx: Add new 'fallback' Q1 subdriver, with minimal 'Q1' support. Also add general improvements on all subdrivers.
  • Fix path to upsdrvctl. (bsc#907387)

For a complete list of changes, see the NEWS and UPGRADING files in /usr/share/doc/packages/nut.

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 Software Development Kit 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-1337=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1337=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1337=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1337=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • nut-cgi-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • nut-debuginfo-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • nut-debugsource-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • nut-devel-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • nut-cgi-debuginfo-2.7.4-6.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • nut-debuginfo-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • libupsclient1-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • nut-drivers-net-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • nut-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • nut-debugsource-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • nut-drivers-net-debuginfo-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • libupsclient1-debuginfo-2.7.4-6.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • nut-debuginfo-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • libupsclient1-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • nut-drivers-net-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • nut-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • nut-debugsource-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • nut-drivers-net-debuginfo-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • libupsclient1-debuginfo-2.7.4-6.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • nut-debuginfo-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • libupsclient1-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • nut-drivers-net-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • nut-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • nut-debugsource-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • nut-drivers-net-debuginfo-2.7.4-6.3.3
    • libupsclient1-debuginfo-2.7.4-6.3.3

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