Recommended update for dracut
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2015:0788-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #886839 #897252 #902375 #903001 #911660 #912734 #914126 #916348 #918238 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has 9 recommended fixes can now be installed.
Description:
The dracut initramfs generation tool was updated to fix several bugs:
- Hooks were added for regenerating the initrd after updating this
package, for both the main package and the fips subpackage. (bsc#916348)
- For FIPS usage, aesni-intel.ko is put into the initrd for selftests on
powerup. (bsc#914126)
- Allow feeding host randomness into the ramdisk of a kvm based guest via
the virtio_rng device (bsc#918238)
- Fixed "bad array subscript" messages when adding kernel modules using
"/etc/dracut.conf". (bsc#911660)
- Enabled Warning for failed kernel modules per default (bsc#886839)
- 98systemd/rootfs-generator: Use builtins instead of 'grep' (bsc#897252)
- Log dracut command line during boot process.
- Follow symbolic links for kernel arguments (bsc#902375)
- Parse rootflags correctly (bsc#912734)
- 90multipath: start multipathd after udev (bsc#903001)
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 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-175=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-175=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
- dracut-037-46.1
- dracut-debuginfo-037-46.1
- dracut-debugsource-037-46.1
- dracut-fips-037-46.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
- dracut-037-46.1
- dracut-debuginfo-037-46.1
- dracut-debugsource-037-46.1