Recommended update for kiwi

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for kiwi
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1629-1
Rating: low
References: #747346 #771592 #773649 #773861 #775278 #778570 #778787 #779360 #779701 #782092
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2

  • An update that has 10 recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    Kiwi was updated to 4.85.80 with the following fixes:

    * added a 10sec timeout for the language selection (bnc
    #778570)
    * cleanup spec file, correctly set virt-utils Requires
    (bnc #782092)
    * fix The fetchFile() return value (bnc #779701)
    * fixed startshell.c to compile without warnings
    * fixed setupPackageKeys() to work without pubring.gpg
    * netboot: enable multicast for system image and
    transfer to a block device, respectively disable it for any
    other transfer (bnc #773649)
    * auto adapt image size only if size was not explicitly
    set (bnc #775278)
    * make sure specified size is used for virtual disk
    images even if the calculated minimum size is bigger than
    the specified value (bnc #775278)
    * check blkid before mounting in searchBiosBootDevice
    (bnc #773861)
    * netboot: added function pxePartitionSetupCheck()
    which is used to validate the PART information whether the
    requested partition sizes can be reached according to the
    size of the disk. This implements the request in (bnc
    #771592)

    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-kiwi-6913

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 4.85.80]:
    • kiwi-4.85.80-0.5.1
    • kiwi-instsource-4.85.80-0.5.1
    • kiwi-tools-4.85.80-0.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 4.85.80]:
    • kiwi-desc-oemboot-4.85.80-0.5.1
    • kiwi-desc-vmxboot-4.85.80-0.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 4.85.80]:
    • kiwi-desc-isoboot-4.85.80-0.5.1
    • kiwi-desc-netboot-4.85.80-0.5.1
    • kiwi-doc-4.85.80-0.5.1
    • kiwi-pxeboot-4.85.80-0.5.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/747346
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/771592
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/773649
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/773861
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/775278
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/778570
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/778787
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/779360
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/779701
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/782092
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=99fa8ad82d5cb51885fdbe28a2bf18b1