Recommended update for dracut

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2637-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6

An update that has 13 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for dracut provides the following fixes:

  • Fix the task limit when running the emergency shell. This fixes a problem that was causing xfs_repair to crash when trying to repair a damaged XFS filesystem. (bsc#1019938)
  • Ensure dracut.sh responds properly to hostonly_cmdline option. (bsc#1048748)
  • Bail out if module directory does not exist. (bsc#1043900)
  • Suppress bogus error message. (bsc#1032029)
  • Fix module force loading with systemd. (bsc#986216)
  • Add network-pre and network-online targets. (bsc#902901)
  • Fix IFS separator in net-lib.sh. (bsc#996141)
  • Fix system shutdown when in initrd rescue mode. (bsc#1048698)
  • Ensure the ssh-client is usable by including the NSS plugin libraries configured in nsswitch.conf. (bsc#1021846)
  • Sync initramfs after creation to ensure it is properly written to disk when using fadump and invoking crash right after service start. (bsc#1049113)
  • Enable systemd-based core dumps for initrd. (bsc#1054809)
  • Add missing coreutils dependency for initrd macros. (bsc#1055492)
  • Scan for files in /etc/multipath/conf.d when setting up a multipath configuration. (bsc#1048551)

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 OpenStack Cloud 6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-2017-1634=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2017-1634=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-1634=1

Package List:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 (x86_64)
    • dracut-fips-037-99.13.1
    • dracut-debugsource-037-99.13.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-037-99.13.1
    • dracut-037-99.13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • dracut-fips-037-99.13.1
    • dracut-debugsource-037-99.13.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-037-99.13.1
    • dracut-037-99.13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • dracut-fips-037-99.13.1
    • dracut-debugsource-037-99.13.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-037-99.13.1
    • dracut-037-99.13.1

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