Recommended update for kiwi
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2016:0705-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #931436 #931634 #944017 #946236 #946387 #959713 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has 6 recommended fixes can now be installed.
Description:
This update provides KIWI v5.06.195, which brings several fixes and
enhancements:
- Follow up fix for Rename SLE JeOS descriptions: Fixed merge conflict to
fit schema of this kiwi version. (bsc#959713)
- Rename SLE JeOS descriptions: In order to avoid a naming conflict with
the JeOS product we agreed on renaming the SLE JeOS description in kiwi
to contain the community keyword to separate this descriptions from the
SUSE JeOS product. (fate#319430)
- Add root filesystem label to images: To allow
devicepersistency="by-label" also for the root filesystem, the
setupFilesystem method has been extended for all supported filesystems
to add a root label too. The default name for the root label is 'ROOT'.
(bsc#946236)
- Make sure kiwi_BootPart variable is written: kiwi_BootPart is expected
to exist in the initrd environment. Thus it's required to write it in
config.partids in any case. If there is no extra boot partition
kiwi_BootPart equals kiwi_RootPart. (bsc#946387)
- Embed LOADER_TYPE into double quotes: This is required by
perl-bootloader. (bsc#944017)
- Fixed setup of /var/run location: /var/run is a symbolic link to /run on
newer systems and a directory on older systems. Handle this difference
properly.
- Renamed bootloader ziplgrub to grub2_s390x_emu: We don't want to
populate a non-existing bootloader. Thus the decision was to use the
grub2 platform name for the SLE-12 s390x boot workflow. (bsc#944017)
- Added required packages to SLE-12 s390x images: grub2 and
grub2-s390x-emu for vmx|oem boot images; grub2, grub2-s390x-emu and
kexec-tools for JeOS templates. Additionally, extend JeOS template with
some useful tools (parted, ip, less).
- Implemented support for stacked zipl plus grub2 boot: In SLE-12, zipl
and btrfs are incompatible because the block where the initrd and the
kernel live could change in a btrfs filesystem. To work with btrfs, a
new boot process has been invented by the SLES team which impacts kiwi
too.
- Fixed zipl setup: zipl does not allow a targetgeometry if the target
type is different from CDL or LDL.
- Fixed diskOffset calculation for s390: zipl wants the number of blocks
to indicate the start of the first partition, not the number of tracks.
- Fixed zipl installation for LDL/CDL on loop device: Installing zipl on
the LDL/CDL target device types requires to specify the disk geometry.
zipl is not able to get that information from a loop device. Therefore
we need to hand over a targetgeometry which matches the loop geometry.
- Update selector for partitioner tool: If we are building a dasd image
using the new loop driver which supports 4k devices, we need a way to
select fdasd as partitioner
on s390. This can be done via commandline options but is now also auto
selected if a zipl_targettype of CDL or LDL is specified.
- Implement setup of loop logical sector size: The new loop driver
capability allows to set a custom blocksize on setup of the loop device.
The attribute value from the target_blocksize attribute is used in
losetup as follows: "-L target_blocksize". (bsc#931634)
- Fixed zipl installBootLoader blocksize usage: There is now the
target_blocksize attribute which is used. If not specified the default
blocksize of 512 bytes applies. (bsc#931634)
- Fixed zipl installBootLoader blocksize retrieval: In order to find the
target blocksize for the zipl configuration kiwi asked for the physical
blocksize. However the logical block size should be used when zipl
accesses the device. (bsc#931634)
- Added target_blocksize attribute in type section: In preparation to
support custom blocksize values for loops the attribute target_blocksize
was implemented like the following example shows:
loops setup during image build and on first boot of the image.
(bsc#931634)
- Deleted fixed parmfile name PARM-S11 on s390: Instead a new OEM element
called:
specify the parmfile name without the userid. The userid is queried on
demand. If no parmfile name is specified the default name PARM-S11
applies for backward compatibility. (bsc#931436)
- Fixed loading of vmcp on s390: In SLE12 vmcp is compiled into the
kernel, thus loading it as a module will cause an exception which is
misleading. (bsc#931436)
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 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-403=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-403=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
- kiwi-5.06.195-17.11.7
- kiwi-debugsource-5.06.195-17.11.7
- kiwi-desc-netboot-5.06.195-17.11.7
- kiwi-desc-oemboot-5.06.195-17.11.7
- kiwi-desc-vmxboot-5.06.195-17.11.7
- kiwi-templates-5.06.195-17.11.7
- kiwi-tools-5.06.195-17.11.7
- kiwi-tools-debuginfo-5.06.195-17.11.7
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64):
- kiwi-desc-isoboot-5.06.195-17.11.7
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (noarch):
- kiwi-doc-5.06.195-17.11.7
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
- kiwi-debugsource-5.06.195-17.11.7
- kiwi-tools-5.06.195-17.11.7
- kiwi-tools-debuginfo-5.06.195-17.11.7