Recommended update for kiwi

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:2745-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update provides KIWI v5.05.93, which brings fixes and enhancements:

  • Don't strip curl alternative binaries from initrd: The last update of curl in SLE11 introduced /usr/bin/curl as a symbolic link. The real binary is /usr/bin/curl.openssl0 or /usr/bin/curl.openssl1. This needs to be taken into account when striping down the initrd by kiwi. (bsc#1004654)

  • Add missing failsafe entry to elilo.conf: For SLE11 EFI support the elilo wrapper is used, in order to allow elilo to create a grub.cfg with a failsafe entry the elilo template config must provide an image section for it. (bsc#993792)

  • bootImage: Don't copy initial ram disk content to /run/initramfs: We should avoid copying the initial ram disk content to a tmpfs filesystem, especially on low memory systems. (bsc#963276)

  • Prefer switch_root over pivot_root. (bsc#963276)

  • Fixed partition table label for ec2 images: If firmware="ec2" is requested kiwi implicitly set the partition table label to GPT. This leads to a failing boot in EC2.

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-kiwi-12838=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-kiwi-12838=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-kiwi-12838=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • kiwi-5.05.93-7.1
    • kiwi-instsource-5.05.93-7.1
    • kiwi-tools-5.05.93-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • kiwi-desc-netboot-5.05.93-7.1
    • kiwi-desc-isoboot-5.05.93-7.1
    • kiwi-pxeboot-5.05.93-7.1
    • kiwi-doc-5.05.93-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586)
    • kiwi-desc-oemboot-5.05.93-7.1
    • kiwi-desc-vmxboot-5.05.93-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • kiwi-tools-5.05.93-7.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • kiwi-tools-5.05.93-7.1

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