Recommended update for open-vm-tools

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for open-vm-tools
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:1416-1
Rating: low
References: #952645 #974504
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
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    An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update provides open-vm-tools 10.0.5, which brings a fuse-based hgfs
    client, a user space way to share folder between host and guest without
    any kernel modification.

    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-SP1-2016-843=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-843=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (x86_64):
      • libvmtools0-10.0.5-3.1
      • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.0.5-3.1
      • open-vm-tools-10.0.5-3.1
      • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.0.5-3.1
      • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.0.5-3.1
      • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.0.5-3.1
      • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.0.5-3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):
      • libvmtools0-10.0.5-3.1
      • libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.0.5-3.1
      • open-vm-tools-10.0.5-3.1
      • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.0.5-3.1
      • open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.0.5-3.1
      • open-vm-tools-desktop-10.0.5-3.1
      • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.0.5-3.1

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