Recommended update for kdump
SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for kdump
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2016:0462-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #932339 #934581 #941834 #943214 #962103 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has 5 recommended fixes can now be installed.
Description:
This update for kdump provides the following fixes:
- Create a bind mount from /root to /kdump/root. (bsc#962103)
- Update kdump initial ram disk at runlevels 3 or 5. (bsc#943214)
- Refresh initrd if /etc/hosts is changed. (bsc#943214)
- Create symlinks to /root instead of bind mounts. (bsc#941834)
- Reload kdump only once if multiple udev events happen in parallel.
(bsc#934581)
- Handle dump files with many ELF program headers. (bsc#932339)
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 for VMWare 11-SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-kdump-12403=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-kdump-12403=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-kdump-12403=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:
zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-kdump-12403=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11-SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- kdump-0.8.4-0.47.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- kdump-0.8.4-0.47.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- kdump-0.8.4-0.47.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- kdump-debuginfo-0.8.4-0.47.2
- kdump-debugsource-0.8.4-0.47.2