Recommended update for grub2
Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2016:2063-1 |
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Rating: | moderate |
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An update that has eight fixes can now be installed.
Description:
This update for grub2 fixes the following issues:
- Fix multi-device root= kernel argument (bsc#960776)
- Add SUSE_REMOVE_LINUX_ROOT_PARAM configuration option to /etc/default/grub (bsc#962585)
- Fix handling of --list argument in grub2-once (bsc#980088)
- Skip comments in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader (bsc#963610)
- Examine variables from grub environment in 'grub2-once' (fate#319632)
- Extend config-file parsing in 'grub2-once' (fate#319632)
- Add support for "t" hotkey to switch to text mode (bsc#976836)
- Fix default entry boot (bsc#977590)
- Fix PXE booting on ARM64 boards (bsc#990086)
- Use CPU timer for timekeeping on aarch64 (bsc#990604)
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1211=1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1211=1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1211=1
Package List:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
- grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-89.1
- grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-89.1
- grub2-2.02~beta2-89.1
- grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-89.1
- grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-89.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (noarch)
- grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-89.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
- grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-89.1
- grub2-2.02~beta2-89.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le)
- grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.02~beta2-89.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (noarch)
- grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-89.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (x86_64)
- grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-89.1
- grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-89.1
- grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-89.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
- grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-89.1
- grub2-2.02~beta2-89.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le)
- grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.02~beta2-89.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (noarch)
- grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-89.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (s390x)
- grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-89.1
- grub2-s390x-emu-2.02~beta2-89.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (x86_64)
- grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-89.1
- grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-89.1
- grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-89.1
References:
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=960776
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962585
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=963610
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976836
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=977590
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=980088
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=990086
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=990604