Recommended update for kdump
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2016:0504-1 |
| 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)
- Fix an endianity issue. (bsc#932339)
- Use kernel config to check if a kernel is relocatable. (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 11-SP4:
zypper in -t patch slessp4-kdump-12411=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4:
zypper in -t patch sledsp4-kdump-12411=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-kdump-12411=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- kdump-0.8.4-0.55.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
- kdump-0.8.4-0.55.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- kdump-debuginfo-0.8.4-0.55.1
- kdump-debugsource-0.8.4-0.55.1