Recommended update for aaa_base

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:2869-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that contains two features and has five fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for aaa_base fixes the following issues:

  • DIR_COLORS (bug#1006973):

  • add screen.xterm-256color

  • add TERM rxvt-unicode-256color

  • sort and merge TERM entries in etc/DIR_COLORS

  • check for Packages.db and use this instead of Packages. (bsc#1171762)

  • Rename path() to _path() to avoid using a general name.
  • refresh_initrd call modprobe as /sbin/modprobe (bsc#1011548)
  • etc/profile add some missing ;; in case esac statements
  • profile and csh.login: on s390x set TERM to dumb on dumb terminal (bsc#1153946)
  • backup-rpmdb: exit if zypper is running (bsc#1161239)
  • Add color alias for ip command (jsc#sle-9880, jsc#SLE-7679, bsc#1153943)

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-SP1-2020-2869=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-2869=1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP1-2020-2869=1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP2-2020-2869=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • aaa_base-debugsource-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.42.1
    • aaa_base-debuginfo-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.42.1
    • aaa_base-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.42.1
    • aaa_base-extras-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.42.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • aaa_base-debugsource-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.42.1
    • aaa_base-debuginfo-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.42.1
    • aaa_base-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.42.1
    • aaa_base-extras-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.42.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • aaa_base-debugsource-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.42.1
    • aaa_base-malloccheck-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.42.1
    • aaa_base-debuginfo-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.42.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • aaa_base-debugsource-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.42.1
    • aaa_base-malloccheck-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.42.1
    • aaa_base-debuginfo-84.87+git20180409.04c9dae-3.42.1

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