Recommended update for SUSEConnect

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:0755-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1

An update that has five fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for SUSEConnect provides the following fixes:

  • Better error message for network request failure (bsc#982630)
  • Fix error message for --product with malformed identifier (bsc#1018190)
  • Fix some errors and formatting in manpages and help output
  • Better error message for --list-extensions on unregistered systems
  • Update man page to include the --list-extensions option (bsc#998583)
  • Support for aarch64 hardware info (bsc#990475)
  • Better error message if SMT is too old (bsc#975484)
  • Add method to YaST class to get Installer-Updates repositories (fate#319716)

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 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-414=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-414=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-414=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • SUSEConnect-0.2.42-17.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • SUSEConnect-0.2.42-17.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • SUSEConnect-0.2.42-17.3.1

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