Recommended update for SUSE Manager Client Tools

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for SUSE Manager Client Tools
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:1911-1
Rating: important
References: #846580 #847254 #850105
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 11 SP2
  • SLE CLIENT TOOLS 10 for x86_64
  • SLE CLIENT TOOLS 10 for s390x
  • SLE CLIENT TOOLS 10 for ia64
  • SLE CLIENT TOOLS 10 for PPC
  • SLE CLIENT TOOLS 10
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    An update that has three recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This collective update provides the following fixes and
    enhancements:

    koan:

    * Fix man page inconsistencies.
    * Fix wrong options in the man page. (bnc#846580)

    osad:

    * Remove extraneous 'except'.
    * Catch jabberd connection errors.

    spacewalk-backend:

    * Replace encode/decode with to_string/to_unicode.
    * Make sure we put strings to fd.write().

    spacewalk-client-tools:

    * Uptime report: respect xmlrpc's integer limits.

    zypp-plugin-spacewalk:

    * Avoid crashes when a channel's metadata contains
    UTF-8 data. (bnc#850105)
    * Call zypper with --auto-agree-with-licenses, as
    interactive agreement is not possible from remote.
    (bnc#847254)

    Patch Instructions:

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

    • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slesctsp2-client-tools-201312-8658

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • koan-2.2.2-0.35.2
    • spacewalk-backend-libs-1.7.38.30-0.5.5
    • zypp-plugin-spacewalk-0.9.5-0.5.5
    • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 11 SP2 (noarch):
    • osad-5.10.41.10-0.5.2
    • spacewalk-check-1.7.14.18-0.5.2
    • spacewalk-client-setup-1.7.14.18-0.5.2
    • spacewalk-client-tools-1.7.14.18-0.5.2
    • SLE CLIENT TOOLS 10 for x86_64 (x86_64):
    • koan-2.2.2-0.34.1
    • spacewalk-backend-libs-1.7.38.30-0.5.1
    • zypp-plugin-spacewalk-0.9.5-0.5.1
    • SLE CLIENT TOOLS 10 for x86_64 (noarch):
    • osad-5.10.41.10-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-check-1.7.14.18-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-client-setup-1.7.14.18-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-client-tools-1.7.14.18-0.5.1
    • SLE CLIENT TOOLS 10 for s390x (noarch):
    • osad-5.10.41.10-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-check-1.7.14.18-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-client-setup-1.7.14.18-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-client-tools-1.7.14.18-0.5.1
    • SLE CLIENT TOOLS 10 for s390x (s390x):
    • koan-2.2.2-0.34.1
    • spacewalk-backend-libs-1.7.38.30-0.5.1
    • zypp-plugin-spacewalk-0.9.5-0.5.1
    • SLE CLIENT TOOLS 10 for ia64 (noarch):
    • osad-5.10.41.10-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-check-1.7.14.18-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-client-setup-1.7.14.18-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-client-tools-1.7.14.18-0.5.1
    • SLE CLIENT TOOLS 10 for ia64 (ia64):
    • koan-2.2.2-0.34.1
    • spacewalk-backend-libs-1.7.38.30-0.5.1
    • zypp-plugin-spacewalk-0.9.5-0.5.1
    • SLE CLIENT TOOLS 10 for PPC (noarch):
    • osad-5.10.41.10-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-check-1.7.14.18-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-client-setup-1.7.14.18-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-client-tools-1.7.14.18-0.5.1
    • SLE CLIENT TOOLS 10 for PPC (ppc):
    • koan-2.2.2-0.34.1
    • spacewalk-backend-libs-1.7.38.30-0.5.1
    • zypp-plugin-spacewalk-0.9.5-0.5.1
    • SLE CLIENT TOOLS 10 (noarch):
    • osad-5.10.41.10-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-check-1.7.14.18-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-client-setup-1.7.14.18-0.5.1
    • spacewalk-client-tools-1.7.14.18-0.5.1
    • SLE CLIENT TOOLS 10 (i586):
    • koan-2.2.2-0.34.1
    • spacewalk-backend-libs-1.7.38.30-0.5.1
    • zypp-plugin-spacewalk-0.9.5-0.5.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/846580
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/847254
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/850105
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b7cfb88d9af5159b99acc49bb7c8a6c5
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=c8c4d7e2227cedfc0b51e725f841f04c