Recommended update for libzypp, zypper

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:3575-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1

An update that has seven fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libzypp, zypper fixes the following issues:

libzypp has received following fixes and improvements:

  • Add filesize check for downloads with known size (bsc#408814)
  • MediaMultiCurl: Trigger aliveCallback when downloading metalink files (bsc#1021291)
  • Fix conversion of string and glob to regex when compiling queries (bsc#1099982, bsc#939392, bsc#556664)
  • Fix blocking wait for finished child process (bsc#1109877)

zypper has received following fixes and improvements:

  • Always warn if no repos are defined, but don't return ZYPPER_EXIT_NO_REPOS(6) in install commands (bsc#1109893)
  • man: Remove links to missing metadata section (fixes #140)

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 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2535=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libzypp-debugsource-15.27.0-46.28.1
    • libzypp-15.27.0-46.28.1
    • zypper-debugsource-1.12.60-46.13.1
    • zypper-debuginfo-1.12.60-46.13.1
    • zypper-1.12.60-46.13.1
    • libzypp-debuginfo-15.27.0-46.28.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1 (noarch)
    • zypper-log-1.12.60-46.13.1

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