Recommended update for SUSE Manager Client Tools

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for SUSE Manager Client Tools
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2015:0844-1
Rating: moderate
References: #915581 #919433 #920897 #924118
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Manager Tools 12

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

    Description:

    This update for SUSE Manager Client Tools provides the following fixes and
    enhancements:

    koan:

    - Fix virt-install version detection. (bsc#924118)
    - Fix parsing install_tree for SUSE. (bsc#924118)
    - Do not require obsoleted xend. (bsc#924118)
    - Fix boot configuration for XEN directly after VM creation, preventing
    installation loops. (bsc#924118)
    - Improve os-variant detection for SLES.
    - Use KVM acceleration if available.

    osad:

    - Introduce notify_threshold for osa-dispatcher. (bsc#915581)

    rhncfg:

    - Avoid addition of None and str, fixing config diff. (bsc#920897)

    spacewalksd:

    - Install new service and enable it. (bsc#919433)
    - Add service spacewalk-update-status. (bsc#919433)

    Packages rhnlib, spacecmd, spacewalk-backend-libs, spacewalk-client-tools,
    spacewalk-koan and suseRegisterInfo also received minor fixes.

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Manager Tools 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Manager-Tools-12-2015-188=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Manager Tools 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • spacewalksd-5.0.14.7-8.1
      • spacewalksd-debuginfo-5.0.14.7-8.1
      • spacewalksd-debugsource-5.0.14.7-8.1
      • suseRegisterInfo-2.1.10-12.1
    • SUSE Manager Tools 12 (noarch):
      • koan-2.6.6-16.1
      • osad-5.11.33.8-14.1
      • rhncfg-5.10.65.11-14.1
      • rhncfg-actions-5.10.65.11-14.1
      • rhncfg-client-5.10.65.11-14.1
      • rhncfg-management-5.10.65.11-14.1
      • rhnlib-2.5.69.7-8.1
      • spacecmd-2.1.25.8-5.1
      • spacewalk-backend-libs-2.1.55.16-14.1
      • spacewalk-check-2.1.16.7-12.1
      • spacewalk-client-setup-2.1.16.7-12.1
      • spacewalk-client-tools-2.1.16.7-12.1
      • spacewalk-koan-2.1.4.12-11.1

    References: