Recommended update for mkinitrd

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for mkinitrd
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1212-1
Rating: low
References: #731317 #755924 #759623 #760364 #769627
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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    An update that has 5 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update to mkinitrd resolves the following issues:

    * Do not copy firmware files of all kernel packages
    installed
    * Fix error messages when setting up lvm devices
    * Properly support bridge interfaces with only one
    underlying physical interface
    * Require SLE 11-SP2 udev
    * Recreate the initrd for all installed kernels after
    update
    * Fix accidental tilde expansion when parsing
    parameters.

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-mkinitrd-6717
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-mkinitrd-6717
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-mkinitrd-6717

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • mkinitrd-2.4.2-0.55.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • mkinitrd-2.4.2-0.55.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • mkinitrd-2.4.2-0.55.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/731317
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/755924
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/759623
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/760364
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/769627
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=01ffd7838db4854e334940376cbd6766