Recommended update for puppet, facter

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for puppet, facter
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2014:1143-1
Rating: low
References: #843161 #885269 #889585 #895587
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 four recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes two new package versions.

    Description:


    This update provides Puppet 2.7.26 and Facter 1.6.18, which bring many
    fixes and enhancements.

    Although the most common use cases have been tested with the new version,
    customers using modules provided by other vendors are advised to apply
    this update on non-production systems first and verify that there are no
    incompatibilities.

    For a comprehensive list of changes in this new version, please refer to
    the release notes:
    https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/2.7/reference/release_notes.html
    and
    https://docs.puppetlabs.com/facter/1.6/release_notes.html
    .

    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-puppet27-201409-9725
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-puppet27-201409-9725
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-puppet27-201409-9725

    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: 1.6.18 and 2.7.26]:
      • facter-1.6.18-0.3.1
      • puppet-2.7.26-0.3.7
      • puppet-server-2.7.26-0.3.7
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.6.18 and 2.7.26]:
      • facter-1.6.18-0.3.1
      • puppet-2.7.26-0.3.7
      • puppet-server-2.7.26-0.3.7
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.6.18 and 2.7.26]:
      • facter-1.6.18-0.3.1
      • puppet-2.7.26-0.3.7

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/843161
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/885269
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/889585
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/895587
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=79bb3e523294bc79057536bdc082b973