Recommended update for open-vm-tools

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for open-vm-tools
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:1505-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1122435 #1133623
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4

An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:

  • Update vmtoolsd.service tools to run after the network service is ready. (bsc#1133623)
  • Link VGAuthService to libxmlsec1 rather than libxml-security-c in SLES 12 SP3. (bsc#1122435)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Recommended 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 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1505=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-1505=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (x86_64):
    • libvmtools0-10.3.10-4.9.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.3.10-4.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.3.10-4.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.10-4.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.10-4.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.3.10-4.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.3.10-4.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 (x86_64):
    • libvmtools0-10.3.10-4.9.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.3.10-4.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-10.3.10-4.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.10-4.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.10-4.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.3.10-4.9.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.3.10-4.9.1

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