Recommended update for vhostmd

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:1311-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Server Applications Module 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 one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for vhostmd fixes the following issues:

  • Update to vhostmd 1.1 (bsc#1129772)
  • Merge libserialclient with libmetrics
  • Add virtio as transport mechanism
  • Update to work with modern Xen
  • Add SIGPIPE handler and reconnect
  • Add systemd service file
  • Modernize build files
  • Misc bug fixes and improvements

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:

  • Server Applications Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-2019-1311=1

Package List:

  • Server Applications Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • vhostmd-debuginfo-1.1-3.7.1
    • vhostmd-1.1-3.7.1
    • vm-dump-metrics-1.1-3.7.1
    • vhostmd-debugsource-1.1-3.7.1
    • vm-dump-metrics-debuginfo-1.1-3.7.1

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