Recommended update for release-notes-sles

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for release-notes-sles
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:1017-1
Rating: low
References: #963389 #969549 #970687 #970950
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1

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

    Description:


    The Release Notes of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 have been updated
    to document:

    - pax binary replaced with spax from the star package (fate#318412)
    - Additional FreeRADIUS packages (fate#318345)
    - Qt 5 has been updated to 5.5.1 (fate#319961)
    - Dependency on libHBAAPI removed from fcoe-utils (fate#319021)
    - MariaDB packaging improvements (bsc#963389, fate#319006)
    - Tomcat updated to version 8 (bsc#969549, fate#318913)
    - Protection of hard links: clarified wording, added information about
    configuration file (see bsc#970687, fate#316562)
    - btrfs compression support: improved wording (fate#316463)

    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-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-599=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (noarch):
      • release-notes-sles-12.1.20160405-15.2

    References: