Recommended update for perl-Bootloader

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for perl-Bootloader
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2014:1102-1
Rating: low
References: #817168 #821465 #873231
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that has three recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update adjusts perl-Bootloader to work even if no kernel is
    installed; in particular: allow empty boot configuration, remember kernel
    options of last removed kernel, tolerate temporarily invalid boot entry on
    s390x. (bnc#821465)

    Additionally, the following minor fixes are included in this update:

    * Remove old and no longer needed workaround-script
    bootloader_fix_xen. (bnc#817168)
    * Fix superfluous error message. (bnc#873231)
    * Require coreutils during post for chmod.

    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-perl-Bootloader-9607
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-perl-Bootloader-9607
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-perl-Bootloader-9607

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.4.89.61]:
      • perl-Bootloader-0.4.89.61-0.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 0.4.89.61]:
      • perl-Bootloader-0.4.89.61-0.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.4.89.61]:
      • perl-Bootloader-0.4.89.61-0.7.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/817168
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/821465
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/873231
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d0052a3baed1b8f6f6758f116c819f04