Recommended update for libvirt

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for libvirt
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:0562-1
Rating: moderate
References: #805843
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for libvirt fixes an issue that made emulated
    interfaces on Xen VMs unusable when the interface
    configuration contains type=ioemu.

    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-libvirt-7483
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libvirt-7483
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libvirt-7483

    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):
    • libvirt-devel-0.9.6-0.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • libvirt-devel-32bit-0.9.6-0.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libvirt-0.9.6-0.27.1
    • libvirt-client-0.9.6-0.27.1
    • libvirt-doc-0.9.6-0.27.1
    • libvirt-python-0.9.6-0.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libvirt-client-32bit-0.9.6-0.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • libvirt-0.9.6-0.27.1
    • libvirt-client-0.9.6-0.27.1
    • libvirt-doc-0.9.6-0.27.1
    • libvirt-python-0.9.6-0.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • libvirt-client-32bit-0.9.6-0.27.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/805843
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=5158ccff5c795cdb54d80c6ec7f570b7