Recommended update for SUSE Manager Client Tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:0172-1
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 eight fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update fixes the following issues:

cobbler:

  • Using "chain.c32" instead of "LOCALBOOT -1" for the local boot entry in pxe menu. (bsc#988889)

osad:

  • Fix logfile option for osa-dispatcher (bsc#980752)

spacewalk-backend:

  • Handle non-unique machine_id after migrate from 2.1. (bsc#1013002)
  • Refer to scc.suse.com instead of bugzilla.novell.com in case of problem. (bsc#967818)
  • Fix selection of primary interface. (bsc#1009677)
  • Add link from satellite-sync to mgr-inter-sync man page. (bsc#1009435)
  • Reposync - assign orphaned vendor packages to the default org. (bsc#995764)
  • Add missing reference for bsc#996609.

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-12-2017-82=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 12 (noarch)
    • spacewalk-backend-libs-2.5.24.7-43.1
    • koan-2.6.6-42.1
    • osad-5.11.64.3-27.1
    • osa-common-5.11.64.3-27.1

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