Recommended update for libsolv, libzypp, zypper

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for libsolv, libzypp, zypper
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:0468-1
Rating: moderate
References: #606220 #637791 #710541 #793424 #948566 #949196 #949945 #951707 #953214 #953458 #955053 #955615 #956443 #956480 #957606 #957862 #959564 #959804 #961719 #961738 #964150
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1

  • An update that has 21 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for the Software Update Stack provides fixes and enhancements.

    libsolv:

    - Fix rule generation for linked packages. (bsc#961738)
    - Fix update handling of multiversion packages. (bsc#957606)
    - Fix orphan handling for dup with keeporphans set. (bsc#957606)
    - Change product links to also look at timestamps. (bsc#956443)
    - Rework multiversion orphaned handling. (bsc#957606)
    - Support key type changes in repodata_internalize().
    - Allow serialization of REPOKEY_TYPE_DELETED.
    - Improve appdata handling of installed packages.
    - Improve performance when run under Xen.

    libzypp:

    - Filter unwanted btrfs subvolumes. (bsc#949945)
    - Fix plural form detection in createPot. (bsc#955053)
    - Fix Japanese translations. (bsc#949196)
    - More specific exception message if GPG binary is missing. (bsc#637791)

    zypper:

    - Don't load repos when removing packages. (bsc#606220)
    - Propagate repo refresh errors even if main action succeeded. (bsc#961719)
    - Fix misaligned TAB stops in colored prompts. (bsc#948566)
    - Enhance guessing of 'obs://' URLs on openSUSE Leap. (bsc#959804)
    - Don't return 0 if repositories were skipped during refresh. (bsc#959564)
    - Fix '-y' command option as alias for --non-interactive global option.
    (bsc#957862)
    - Mention location where rpm installs source packages to in command help
    and man page. (bsc#710541)
    - Explain difference between 'dup' and 'dup --from' in man page.
    - Explain meaning of 'System Packages' and '@System' shown in search
    results. (bsc#953458)
    - Fix different data returned in xml and text output of lu/lp commands.
    (bsc#793424)
    - Indicate patches requiring a restart of the package manager itself and
    enhance Status column in 'lp -a' output.
    - Also report needed but locked patches in 'pchk'.
    - Fix claiming an error after successful download. (bsc#956480)
    - Fix tab-completion if zypper is defined as an alias. (bsc#955615)
    - Fix plural form detection in createPot. (bsc#955053)
    - Fix typo. (bsc#953214)
    - Fix miss-aligned output when LANG=C. (bsc#951707)
    - Provide --priority option on 'addrepo' command.
    - Support '--priority 0' to restore the default repository priority in
    add/modifyrepo.
    - Fix Japanese translations. (bsc#949196)
    - Add -x shorthand option for --match-exact.

    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 Software Development Kit 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-269=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-269=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-269=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • libsolv-debugsource-0.6.18-2.18.1
      • libsolv-devel-0.6.18-2.18.1
      • libsolv-devel-debuginfo-0.6.18-2.18.1
      • libzypp-debuginfo-15.21.1-7.1
      • libzypp-debugsource-15.21.1-7.1
      • libzypp-devel-15.21.1-7.1
      • libzypp-devel-doc-15.21.1-7.1
      • perl-solv-0.6.18-2.18.1
      • perl-solv-debuginfo-0.6.18-2.18.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • libsolv-debugsource-0.6.18-2.18.1
      • libsolv-tools-0.6.18-2.18.1
      • libsolv-tools-debuginfo-0.6.18-2.18.1
      • libzypp-15.21.1-7.1
      • libzypp-debuginfo-15.21.1-7.1
      • libzypp-debugsource-15.21.1-7.1
      • perl-solv-0.6.18-2.18.1
      • perl-solv-debuginfo-0.6.18-2.18.1
      • python-solv-0.6.18-2.18.1
      • python-solv-debuginfo-0.6.18-2.18.1
      • zypper-1.12.31-7.1
      • zypper-debuginfo-1.12.31-7.1
      • zypper-debugsource-1.12.31-7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (noarch):
      • zypper-log-1.12.31-7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):
      • libsolv-debugsource-0.6.18-2.18.1
      • libsolv-tools-0.6.18-2.18.1
      • libsolv-tools-debuginfo-0.6.18-2.18.1
      • libzypp-15.21.1-7.1
      • libzypp-debuginfo-15.21.1-7.1
      • libzypp-debugsource-15.21.1-7.1
      • python-solv-0.6.18-2.18.1
      • python-solv-debuginfo-0.6.18-2.18.1
      • zypper-1.12.31-7.1
      • zypper-debuginfo-1.12.31-7.1
      • zypper-debugsource-1.12.31-7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (noarch):
      • zypper-log-1.12.31-7.1

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