Recommended update for Machinery

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for Machinery
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2015:0998-1
Rating: moderate
References: #925732 #931277 #931701
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Advanced Systems Management 12

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

    Description:

    This update for Machinery provides version 1.8.2 with various fixes and
    improvements:

    - Fixed repository inspection using a non-root user
    - Improve error message when user lacks sudo privileges
    - Add experimental option to show comparison of two system descriptions as
    HTML view
    - Support inspection of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 systems
    - Enable inspection of openSUSE Tumbleweed systems
    - Make HTML export more robust (bsc#925732)
    - Implement inspection of remote systems without root login using sudo
    - Inspection shows used filters only with `--verbose`
    - Add experimental `--exclude` option to exclude elements from inspection
    (Run `machinery config experimental-features on` to enable the option)
    - Support global `--exclude` option for `show` command. (Run `machinery
    config experimental-features on` to enable the option)
    - Add `--verbose` option to `inspect` command to display the filters which
    were used during inspection
    - Add `--verbose` option to `show` command to display the filters which
    were applied before showing the system description
    - Show progress on upgrading the system description format
    - Improve help for users when upgrading system descriptions
    - Fix piping output of Machinery to less
    - Better help for users when upgrading format of system descriptions
    - Add option to show command to display filters used during inspection
    - Support negated filter expressions in --exclude option
    - Show filters used during inspection in HTML view.

    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 Module for Advanced Systems Management 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Adv-Systems-Management-12-2015-237=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Advanced Systems Management 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • machinery-1.8.2-25.1
      • machinery-debuginfo-1.8.2-25.1
      • machinery-debugsource-1.8.2-25.1

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