Recommended update for yast2-country

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:0604-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

An update that has nine fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for yast2-country fixes the following issues:

  • If the X11Variant for a given keyboard layout is not specified by systemd, leave it blank instead of enforcing "basic". (bsc#1020082, bsc#1022094)
  • Read keyboard and console fonts from different files depending on the product. (bsc#1016004)
  • Correctly fallback to default language if the one returned by zypper is not supported. (bsc#1009508)
  • Added support for Asturian variant of Spanish keyboard and use it by default for the Asturian language. (bsc#981008)
  • Use the eurlatg font for all languages with Latin alphabet and simplify mapping between languages and fonts. (bsc#942899, bsc#942896)
  • Improved macintosh and sun keymaps. (bsc#968183)
  • Corrected console keyboard mapping for French (Canada) and Ukrainian. (bsc#960307, bsc#942899)
  • Use xkb converted console keymaps, which provide better systemd support, where applicable. (fate#318426)
  • Add support to set the timezone as read-only in the product's control file. (fate#321754)

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 Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-317=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-317=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-317=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-317=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-317=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • yast2-country-data-3.1.35-9.11.1
    • yast2-country-3.1.35-9.11.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • yast2-country-data-3.1.35-9.11.1
    • yast2-country-3.1.35-9.11.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • yast2-country-data-3.1.35-9.11.1
    • yast2-country-3.1.35-9.11.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • yast2-country-data-3.1.35-9.11.1
    • yast2-country-3.1.35-9.11.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • yast2-country-data-3.1.35-9.11.1
    • yast2-country-3.1.35-9.11.1

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