Recommended update for lxc

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for lxc
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1474-1
Rating: low
References: #776169 #786970
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

  • An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This collective update to Linux Containers (lxc) includes
    the following improvements and fixes:

    * Add Requires(post) dependency on aaa_base (bnc#786970)
    * Add dhcpcd to default installation in SLES template
    (bnc#776169)
    * Modify MAC address when cloning a container
    * When destroying a running container, wait until it is
    stopped before destroying it
    * Update lxc-sles template: o Change back default
    network configuration STARTMODE from "manual" to "auto" o
    When creating a container with 0.0.0.0 as IPv4 address,
    auto-configure container to use DHCP (bnc#776169).

    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 Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-lxc-7012
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-lxc-7012
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-lxc-7012

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • lxc-devel-0.7.5-1.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • lxc-0.7.5-1.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • lxc-0.7.5-1.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • lxc-0.7.5-1.27.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/776169
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/786970
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=05b414579ceaff956846c6f99e013638