Recommended update for SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:0801-1
Rating: low
References: #801151 #803866 #812599
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2

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

    Description:


    This collective update for SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 provides
    enhancements and new features:

    * SSH Server Push
    * Receive tftpboot content from SUSE Manager Server to
    provide PXEboot environment on the Proxy.

    Additionally, the following issues have been fixed:

    spacewalk-backend:

    * Do not read RPM into memory before transferring to
    client.

    spacewalk-backend-libs:

    * Add support to V4 RSA/SHA1 signature
    * Fix Unicode encoding.

    spacewalk-client-tools:

    * Fix CPU type for ppc64.

    suseRegisterInfo:

    * Fix parsing of RES release file.

    How to apply this update:

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

    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-proxy17-201304-7608

    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: 1.7.38.24 and 1.7.4]:
    • spacewalk-backend-1.7.38.24-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-backend-libs-1.7.38.24-0.5.1
    • suseRegisterInfo-1.7.4-0.5.1
    • SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2 (noarch) [New Version: 1.7.14.15 and 1.7.3.8]:
    • spacewalk-certs-tools-1.7.3.8-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-check-1.7.14.15-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-client-setup-1.7.14.15-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-client-tools-1.7.14.15-0.5.1
    • susemanager-tftpsync-recv-1.7.2-0.5.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/801151
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/803866
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/812599
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=531a71b69fbdbbeabbad727601e53e4e