Recommended update for libsolv, libzypp, zypper

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:3187-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12

An update that has 12 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

The Software Update Stack was updated for fixes and enhancements.

libsolv:

  • Fix segmentation fault in cshash dedup code. (bsc#980901)
  • Fix bug in ignoreinst logic. (bsc#983141)
  • Add pool->setdisttype to the bindings.
  • Fix error in repo_deb that could lead to missing packages.
  • Add pool_whatcontainsdep, selection_make_matchdepid, and SELECTION_MATCH_DEPSTR.
  • Add SOLVER_FAVOR and SOLVER_DISFAVOR job types.
  • Allow unknown archs in pool_setarch.
  • Add the SOLVER_FLAG_URPM_REORDER solver flag.
  • Fix supplements handling when implicitobsoleteusescolors is set.

libzypp:

  • Let 'dup --from' leave updateTestcase logs in /var/log. (bsc#1004096)
  • Allow parsing multiple gpgkey= URLs. (bsc#1003748)
  • Fix parsing of multiline url entries. (bsc#964932)
  • Report numeric curl error if code is unrecognized. (bsc#992302)
  • Fix bug in removeRepository which may keep an empty .repo file rather than deleting it. (bsc#984494)

zypper:

  • Do not warn about processes using deleted files when using --root. (bsc#731333)
  • Properly escape patch script output in xml mode. (bsc#1010712)
  • Do not require --ignore-unknown in non interactive remove-command. (bsc#980263)
  • Document in man page the known limitations when searching with --file-list. (bsc#982379)
  • Fix Brazilian Portuguese translation of options' prompt. (bsc#986694)

Special Instructions and Notes:

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 Server 12 LTSS 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-1844=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • zypper-debugsource-1.11.59-2.49.1
    • zypper-1.11.59-2.49.1
    • perl-solv-debuginfo-0.6.22-2.22.6.1
    • libsolv-debugsource-0.6.22-2.22.6.1
    • libsolv-tools-debuginfo-0.6.22-2.22.6.1
    • libzypp-debugsource-14.44.1-2.53.5
    • zypper-debuginfo-1.11.59-2.49.1
    • python-solv-0.6.22-2.22.6.1
    • perl-solv-0.6.22-2.22.6.1
    • python-solv-debuginfo-0.6.22-2.22.6.1
    • libzypp-14.44.1-2.53.5
    • libzypp-debuginfo-14.44.1-2.53.5
    • libsolv-tools-0.6.22-2.22.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (noarch)
    • zypper-log-1.11.59-2.49.1

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