Recommended update for SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7
SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7
This collective update for SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 provides
the following fixes and enhancements:
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().
* Python server: better logging of exceptions.
* Log errors on bad request. (bnc#849856)
spacewalk-certs-tools:
* Include fixed version of sm-client-tools. (bnc#823813)
spacewalk-client-tools:
* Uptime report: respect xmlrpc's integer limits.
spacewalk-proxy:
* /etc/hosts doesn't work with proxies. (bnc#850983)
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)
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-2013:1914-1 |
| Rating: | important |
| References: | #823813 #847254 #849856 #850105 #850983 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has 5 recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes 8 new package versions.
Description:
This collective update for SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 provides
the following fixes and enhancements:
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().
* Python server: better logging of exceptions.
* Log errors on bad request. (bnc#849856)
spacewalk-certs-tools:
* Include fixed version of sm-client-tools. (bnc#823813)
spacewalk-client-tools:
* Uptime report: respect xmlrpc's integer limits.
spacewalk-proxy:
* /etc/hosts doesn't work with proxies. (bnc#850983)
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)
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-proxy-201312-8660
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: 0.9.5 and 1.7.38.30]:
- spacewalk-backend-1.7.38.30-0.5.5
- spacewalk-backend-libs-1.7.38.30-0.5.5
- zypp-plugin-spacewalk-0.9.5-0.5.5
- SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2 (noarch) [New Version: 1.2.3,1.7.12.13,1.7.14.18,1.7.28.19,1.7.3.10 and 5.10.41.10]:
- osad-5.10.41.10-0.5.2
- sm-client-tools-1.2.3-0.5.2
- spacewalk-base-minimal-1.7.28.19-0.5.2
- spacewalk-certs-tools-1.7.3.10-0.5.3
- 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
- spacewalk-proxy-broker-1.7.12.13-0.5.4
- spacewalk-proxy-common-1.7.12.13-0.5.4
- spacewalk-proxy-management-1.7.12.13-0.5.4
- spacewalk-proxy-package-manager-1.7.12.13-0.5.4
- spacewalk-proxy-redirect-1.7.12.13-0.5.4
References:
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/823813
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/847254
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/849856
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/850105
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/850983
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d5ffa037d2c502ea33f89369b5672dca