Recommended update for libstorage-ng

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:3983-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • 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 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libstorage-ng fixes the following issues:

  • Fix having an empty partition table and a filesystem directly on the logical unit number (LUN), which confuses the yast2-partitioner.The solution is to prefer file system over empty MS-DOS partition table (bsc#1186823)

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 Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP2-2021-3983=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-3983=1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP2-2021-3983=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libstorage-ng-ruby-4.2.78-3.13.1
    • libstorage-ng1-4.2.78-3.13.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libstorage-ng-debuginfo-4.2.78-3.13.1
    • libstorage-ng1-4.2.78-3.13.1
    • libstorage-ng-debugsource-4.2.78-3.13.1
    • libstorage-ng1-debuginfo-4.2.78-3.13.1
    • libstorage-ng-ruby-4.2.78-3.13.1
    • libstorage-ng-ruby-debuginfo-4.2.78-3.13.1
    • libstorage-ng-devel-4.2.78-3.13.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • libstorage-ng-lang-4.2.78-3.13.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libstorage-ng-debuginfo-4.2.78-3.13.1
    • libstorage-ng-utils-4.2.78-3.13.1
    • libstorage-ng-debugsource-4.2.78-3.13.1
    • libstorage-ng-utils-debuginfo-4.2.78-3.13.1

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