Recommended update for supportutils

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:0566-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • 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

An update that has seven fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for supportutils fixes the following issues:

  • Exclude /proc/pagetypeinfo as it can be an expensive operation on some systems (bsc#1162357).
  • Readded LPM/DLPAR data for power (bsc#1162539).
  • Strip trailing commas from process names #64 (bsc#1156837).
  • Dynamically select compression method (bsc#1145233).
  • Updated detailed unit information fix in systemd.txt (bsc#1023308).
  • Include IPv6 routes (bsc#1089877).
  • Removed root .snapshots directory from full file list (bsc#1154482).

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
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2020-566=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-566=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-566=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-566=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-566=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-566=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.7-5.19.2
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.7-5.19.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.7-5.19.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.7-5.19.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.7-5.19.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (noarch)
    • supportutils-3.1.7-5.19.2

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