Recommended update for libzypp and zypper

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:3276-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that has five fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libzypp and zypper fixes the following issues:

  • Fix blocking wait for finished child process (bsc#1109877)
  • Fix conversion of string and glob to regex when compiling queries (bsc#1099982, bsc#939392, bsc#556664)
  • Always warn if no repos are defined, but don't return ZYPPER_EXIT_NO_REPOS(6) in install commands (bsc#1109893)
  • Switch global help format and fix bash-completion

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-2347=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • zypper-1.14.12-3.13.1
    • libzypp-devel-17.7.2-3.16.1
    • libzypp-17.7.2-3.16.1
    • libzypp-debuginfo-17.7.2-3.16.1
    • libzypp-debugsource-17.7.2-3.16.1
    • zypper-debuginfo-1.14.12-3.13.1
    • zypper-debugsource-1.14.12-3.13.1
  • Basesystem Module 15 (noarch)
    • zypper-log-1.14.12-3.13.1

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