Recommended update for SUSE Manager Client Tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:2930-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 12

An update that has six fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update includes the following new features:

  • Support Service Pack migration for Salt minions. (fate#320559)

This update fixes the following issues:

salt:

  • Fix exit codes of sysv init script. (bsc#999852)
  • Include resolution parameters in the Zypper debug-solver call during a dry-run dist-upgrade.
  • Fix Salt API crash via salt-ssh on empty roster. (bsc#1004723)
  • Add 'dist-upgrade' support to zypper module. (fate#320559)
  • Fix position of -X option to setfacl. (bsc#1004260)
  • Fix generated shebang in scripts on SLES-ES 7. (bsc#1004047)

spacecmd:

  • Make exception class more generic and code fixes. (bsc#1003449)
  • Handle exceptions raised by listChannels. (bsc#1003449)
  • Alert if a non-unique package ID is detected.

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 Manager Client Tools for SLE 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Manager-Tools-12-2016-1716=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • salt-doc-2015.8.7-20.1
    • salt-2015.8.7-20.1
    • salt-minion-2015.8.7-20.1
  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 12 (noarch)
    • spacecmd-2.5.5.3-28.1

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