Recommended update for zypper and libsolv

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:3010-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0
  • SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP1

An update that contains one feature and has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for zypper and libsolv fixes the following issues:

Package: zypper

  • Improved the documentation of $releasever and --releasever usescases (bsc#1149511)
  • zypper will now ask only once when multiple packages share the same license text (bsc#1145554)
  • Added a new 'solver.focus' option for /etc/zypp/zypp.conf to define systemwide focus mode when resolving jobs (bsc#1146415)
  • Fixes an issue where 'zypper lu' didn't list all available package updates (bsc#1153351)
  • Added a new --repo option to the 'download' command to allow to specify a repository (jsc#SLE-9171)

Package: libsolv

  • Fixes issues when updating too many packages in focusbest mode
  • Fixes the handling of disabled and installed packages in distupgrade

Special Instructions and Notes:

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2019-3010=1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP1-2019-3010=1
  • SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP1-2019-3010=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python3-solv-debuginfo-0.7.7-3.10.1
    • zypper-1.14.32-3.10.2
    • libsolv-devel-debuginfo-0.7.7-3.10.1
    • libzypp-17.15.0-3.11.1
    • zypper-debuginfo-1.14.32-3.10.2
    • zypper-debugsource-1.14.32-3.10.2
    • libsolv-devel-0.7.7-3.10.1
    • libzypp-debuginfo-17.15.0-3.11.1
    • libsolv-debuginfo-0.7.7-3.10.1
    • libzypp-debugsource-17.15.0-3.11.1
    • libsolv-tools-debuginfo-0.7.7-3.10.1
    • libsolv-tools-0.7.7-3.10.1
    • libzypp-devel-17.15.0-3.11.1
    • libsolv-debugsource-0.7.7-3.10.1
    • python3-solv-0.7.7-3.10.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (noarch)
    • zypper-needs-restarting-1.14.32-3.10.2
    • zypper-log-1.14.32-3.10.2
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • perl-solv-0.7.7-3.10.1
    • ruby-solv-debuginfo-0.7.7-3.10.1
    • ruby-solv-0.7.7-3.10.1
    • libsolv-debuginfo-0.7.7-3.10.1
    • libsolv-debugsource-0.7.7-3.10.1
    • perl-solv-debuginfo-0.7.7-3.10.1
  • SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python-solv-0.7.7-3.10.1
    • libsolv-debuginfo-0.7.7-3.10.1
    • libsolv-debugsource-0.7.7-3.10.1
    • python-solv-debuginfo-0.7.7-3.10.1

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