Recommended update for SUSE Manager 1.7

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for SUSE Manager 1.7
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1476-1
Rating: low
References: #776356 #776374 #776377 #776527 #783667
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2

  • An update that has 5 recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes 11 new package versions.

    Description:


    This update fixes the following issues:

    * precompile python code to prevent verification issues
    * fix symlink handling in rhncfg
    * fix rhnmd init script
    * separate proxy auth error hostname into separate
    header
    * multi-tiered proxies don't update auth tokens
    correctly
    * fix getOSVersionAndRelease for multiple products
    * keep permissions and owner of systemid file
    * update documentation
    * cleanup jabberd db and use insserv to switch to
    current default runlevel
    * enable proxy services only in runlevel 3 and 5
    * fixing the rpm license header according to upstream
    * Set owner/group of config-defaults dir consistently
    (bnc#776377)
    * Fixing the License rpm header to match the COPYING
    information

    How to apply this update:

    1. Log in as root user to the SUSE Manager proxy. 2. Stop
    the proxy service: mgr-proxy stop 3. Apply the patch
    using either zypper patch or YaST Online Update. 4. Start
    the Spacewalk service: mgr-proxy start

    Indications:

    Everybody should update.

    Patch Instructions:

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

    • SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slemap17sp2-suse-manager-proxy-201209-6943

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2 (x86_64) [New Version: 1.7.2 and 1.7.38.19]:
    • spacewalk-backend-1.7.38.19-0.5.3
    • spacewalk-backend-libs-1.7.38.19-0.5.3
    • suseRegisterInfo-1.7.2-0.5.1
    • SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2 (noarch) [New Version: 1.7.0.4,1.7.1.4,1.7.12.7,1.7.14.11,1.7.28.12,1.7.6.7,5.10.27.7,5.10.41.5 and 5.3.10.4]:
    • osad-5.10.41.5-0.5.1
    • rhncfg-5.10.27.7-0.5.4
    • rhncfg-actions-5.10.27.7-0.5.4
    • rhncfg-client-5.10.27.7-0.5.4
    • rhncfg-management-5.10.27.7-0.5.4
    • rhnmd-5.3.10.4-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-base-minimal-1.7.28.12-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-check-1.7.14.11-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-client-setup-1.7.14.11-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-client-tools-1.7.14.11-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-proxy-broker-1.7.12.7-0.5.3
    • spacewalk-proxy-common-1.7.12.7-0.5.3
    • spacewalk-proxy-docs-1.7.0.4-0.5.3
    • spacewalk-proxy-installer-1.7.6.7-0.5.5
    • spacewalk-proxy-management-1.7.12.7-0.5.3
    • spacewalk-proxy-package-manager-1.7.12.7-0.5.3
    • spacewalk-proxy-redirect-1.7.12.7-0.5.3
    • spacewalk-remote-utils-1.7.1.4-0.5.4

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/776356
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/776374
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/776377
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/776527
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/783667
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a106219115cfd254fba784919bd5cb25