Recommended update for perl-Bootloader

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for perl-Bootloader
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:1113-1
Rating: moderate
References: #831791 #857556 #898099 #899921 #908664 #910479 #926426 #937806 #940486 #942519 #947697 #948778
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
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    An update that has 12 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:

    This update for perl-Bootloader provides the following fixes:

    - Fix extended partition detection. (bsc#947697)
    - Allow empty distributor, which for new grub2 means use os-release.
    (bsc#942519)
    - Fix empty distributor handling for grub2-efi. (bsc#942519)
    - Remove no longer needed quotes. (bsc#940486)
    - Do not escape empty string as it lead to invalid kernel command line.
    (bsc#937806)
    - Do not prepend additional empty space to append. (bsc#926426)
    - Use proper upstream name for disabling recovery section. (bsc#898099)
    - Escape dollar signs. (bsc#857556)
    - Escape/unescape special characters on write/read (bsc#831791)
    - Preserve configuration file permissions. (bsc#908664)
    - Add device scanning speed-ups done for SLE-11-SP3. (bsc#910479)
    - Determine disk device from sysfs tree.

    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-12-2016-654=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-654=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • perl-Bootloader-0.844-2.5.1
      • perl-Bootloader-YAML-0.844-2.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • perl-Bootloader-0.844-2.5.1
      • perl-Bootloader-YAML-0.844-2.5.1

    References: