Recommended update for ipmitool

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for ipmitool
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2014:0076-1
Rating: low
References: #852176 #854886
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for ipmitool provides the following fixes:

    * Add an explicit requirement on insserv, fixing
    installation problems on minimal environments. (bnc#852176)
    * Implement the "status" operation in the ipmievd init
    script. (bnc#854886)
    * Fix pid file reference in ipmievd init script.
    (bnc#854886)

    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 Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-ipmitool-8768
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-ipmitool-8768
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-ipmitool-8767
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-ipmitool-8767
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-ipmitool-8768
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-ipmitool-8767

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • ipmitool-1.8.12-0.21.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 x86_64):
    • ipmitool-1.8.12-0.21.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x):
    • ipmitool-1.8.11-0.20.30.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • ipmitool-1.8.11-0.20.30.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • ipmitool-1.8.11-0.20.30.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
    • ipmitool-1.8.12-0.21.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • ipmitool-1.8.11-0.20.30.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/852176
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/854886
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=3d32d7ba6d23a07c6986b75df6417ae4
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=dd3d75cad9cf0567d100337f346c0d2e