Recommended update for SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for SUSE Manager Proxy
This update fixes the following issues:
MessageQueue:
* If the host lookup fails, do not hide the error.
rhncfg:
* Make diffs initiated from another spacewalk server
obey display_diff configuration option
* Simplify rhncfg API.
rhnlib:
* Make timeout of yum-rhn-plugin calls through
rhn-client-tools configurable
* Make Proxy timeouts configurable.
sm-client-tools:
* Minor refactorings in the code for resource management
* Remove bootstrap repository after failure
* Handle missing /usr/share/rhn/ directory correctly
* Fix minor bugs, add possibility to override SUSE
Manager host for tunneling
* Add possibility to override rhn.conf with command
line.
spacewalk-backend:
* Fix reactivation of systems
* Remove incorrect path from db
* Add file path restoration functionality to
spacewalk-data-fsck
* Update copyright column length
* Don't truncate channel name to 64 chars
* Make API compatible with old RHEL5 clients
* No line break at the end of the package summary
* Don't truncate filepath when exporting
* Fix registration issues on PostgreSQL
* Update expired gpg keys in the keyring
* Set copy_local urlgrabber option to copy also file
URLs
* Use timeout configuration option also in suseLib send
function
* Make satellite-sync work with new rhnlib
* Search for CVE numbers also in the description
* Require rhnlib with timeout option
* Make rpclib connection timeout configurable
* Return 404 Not Found on requests of content or
installation.xml
* Fix encoding in products summary and description.
spacewalk-certs-tools:
* Remove temp files verbosely even in case of error
* Add sudo requirement to spacewalk-certs-tools package
* The chkconfig command on RHEL does not know the -d
switch
* Simply test if bootstrap repository exists and use it
if yes.
spacewalk-client-tools:
* Create mgr* program symbolic links
* Correctly handle a deactivated account error message
* Require rhnlib with timeout option
* Make timeout of yum-rhn-plugin calls through
rhn-client-tools configurable.
spacewalk-proxy-installer:
* Report extra command line arguments
* Fail if answer file is not readable.
spacewalk-proxy:
* Make Proxy timeouts configurable
* Do not read response data into memory
* Do not read data into memory which should be send to
the server.
spacewalk-web:
* Add RHN::Form::Widget::Select to ChannelEditor
* Use RHN::Form::ParsedForm
* Add sudo requirement to spacewalk-base package.
zypp-plugin-spacewalk:
* Always disable gpgcheck for repositories in spacewalk
service
* Use timeout also for XMLRPC calls if possible
* Read transfer_timeout from zypp.conf and provide it
via URL.
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
Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2013:1093-1 |
Rating: | low |
References: | #801151 #801662 #801666 #815441 #815460 #818325 #818566 #819781 #821968 #823241 #823917 |
Affected Products: |
An update that has 11 recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes 11 new package versions.
Description:
This update fixes the following issues:
MessageQueue:
* If the host lookup fails, do not hide the error.
rhncfg:
* Make diffs initiated from another spacewalk server
obey display_diff configuration option
* Simplify rhncfg API.
rhnlib:
* Make timeout of yum-rhn-plugin calls through
rhn-client-tools configurable
* Make Proxy timeouts configurable.
sm-client-tools:
* Minor refactorings in the code for resource management
* Remove bootstrap repository after failure
* Handle missing /usr/share/rhn/ directory correctly
* Fix minor bugs, add possibility to override SUSE
Manager host for tunneling
* Add possibility to override rhn.conf with command
line.
spacewalk-backend:
* Fix reactivation of systems
* Remove incorrect path from db
* Add file path restoration functionality to
spacewalk-data-fsck
* Update copyright column length
* Don't truncate channel name to 64 chars
* Make API compatible with old RHEL5 clients
* No line break at the end of the package summary
* Don't truncate filepath when exporting
* Fix registration issues on PostgreSQL
* Update expired gpg keys in the keyring
* Set copy_local urlgrabber option to copy also file
URLs
* Use timeout configuration option also in suseLib send
function
* Make satellite-sync work with new rhnlib
* Search for CVE numbers also in the description
* Require rhnlib with timeout option
* Make rpclib connection timeout configurable
* Return 404 Not Found on requests of content or
installation.xml
* Fix encoding in products summary and description.
spacewalk-certs-tools:
* Remove temp files verbosely even in case of error
* Add sudo requirement to spacewalk-certs-tools package
* The chkconfig command on RHEL does not know the -d
switch
* Simply test if bootstrap repository exists and use it
if yes.
spacewalk-client-tools:
* Create mgr* program symbolic links
* Correctly handle a deactivated account error message
* Require rhnlib with timeout option
* Make timeout of yum-rhn-plugin calls through
rhn-client-tools configurable.
spacewalk-proxy-installer:
* Report extra command line arguments
* Fail if answer file is not readable.
spacewalk-proxy:
* Make Proxy timeouts configurable
* Do not read response data into memory
* Do not read data into memory which should be send to
the server.
spacewalk-web:
* Add RHN::Form::Widget::Select to ChannelEditor
* Use RHN::Form::ParsedForm
* Add sudo requirement to spacewalk-base package.
zypp-plugin-spacewalk:
* Always disable gpgcheck for repositories in spacewalk
service
* Use timeout also for XMLRPC calls if possible
* Read transfer_timeout from zypp.conf and provide it
via URL.
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-proxy17-201306-7859
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: 0.9.2,1.7.38.26 and 2.5.51.4]:
- rhnlib-2.5.51.4-0.5.1
- spacewalk-backend-1.7.38.26-0.5.2
- spacewalk-backend-libs-1.7.38.26-0.5.2
- zypp-plugin-spacewalk-0.9.2-0.5.1
- SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2 (noarch) [New Version: 1.2,1.7.12.10,1.7.14.16,1.7.28.17,1.7.3.9,1.7.6.9,3.26.7.2 and 5.10.27.11]:
- MessageQueue-3.26.7.2-0.5.1
- rhncfg-5.10.27.11-0.5.1
- rhncfg-actions-5.10.27.11-0.5.1
- rhncfg-client-5.10.27.11-0.5.1
- rhncfg-management-5.10.27.11-0.5.1
- sm-client-tools-1.2-0.5.1
- spacewalk-base-minimal-1.7.28.17-0.5.1
- spacewalk-certs-tools-1.7.3.9-0.5.2
- spacewalk-check-1.7.14.16-0.5.1
- spacewalk-client-setup-1.7.14.16-0.5.1
- spacewalk-client-tools-1.7.14.16-0.5.1
- spacewalk-proxy-broker-1.7.12.10-0.5.1
- spacewalk-proxy-common-1.7.12.10-0.5.1
- spacewalk-proxy-installer-1.7.6.9-0.5.2
- spacewalk-proxy-management-1.7.12.10-0.5.1
- spacewalk-proxy-package-manager-1.7.12.10-0.5.1
- spacewalk-proxy-redirect-1.7.12.10-0.5.1
References:
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/801151
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/801662
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/801666
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/815441
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/815460
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/818325
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/818566
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/819781
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/821968
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/823241
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/823917
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=35a32299d8dcd7d983ecda9455a69bf5