Recommended update for libsolv, libzypp

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:2040-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0
  • SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP1

An update that has five fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libsolv, libzypp fixes the following issues:

libsolv was updated to version 0.7.14:

  • Enable zstd compression support for sle15
  • Support blacklisted packages in solver_findproblemrule() (bsc#1172135)
  • Support rules with multiple negative literals in choice rule generation

libzypp was updated to version 17.24.0:

  • Enable zchunk metadata download if libsolv supports it.
  • Older kernel-devel packages are not properly purged (bsc#1171224)
  • doc: enhance service plugin example.
  • Fix core dump with corrupted history file (bsc#1170801)
  • Better handling of the purge-kernels algorithm. (bsc#1173106)
  • Proactively send credentials if the URL specifes '?auth=basic' and a username. (bsc#1174011)
  • ZYPP_MEDIA_CURL_DEBUG: Strip credentials in header log. (bsc#1174011)

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-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-2040=1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP1-2020-2040=1
  • SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP1-2020-2040=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python3-solv-debuginfo-0.7.14-3.22.2
    • libsolv-devel-debuginfo-0.7.14-3.22.2
    • libsolv-debuginfo-0.7.14-3.22.2
    • libzypp-17.24.1-3.28.1
    • libzypp-devel-17.24.1-3.28.1
    • python3-solv-0.7.14-3.22.2
    • libsolv-tools-debuginfo-0.7.14-3.22.2
    • libzypp-debuginfo-17.24.1-3.28.1
    • libzypp-debugsource-17.24.1-3.28.1
    • libsolv-devel-0.7.14-3.22.2
    • libsolv-debugsource-0.7.14-3.22.2
    • libsolv-tools-0.7.14-3.22.2
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ruby-solv-debuginfo-0.7.14-3.22.2
    • libsolv-debugsource-0.7.14-3.22.2
    • libsolv-debuginfo-0.7.14-3.22.2
    • perl-solv-0.7.14-3.22.2
    • ruby-solv-0.7.14-3.22.2
    • perl-solv-debuginfo-0.7.14-3.22.2
  • SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python-solv-0.7.14-3.22.2
    • libsolv-debugsource-0.7.14-3.22.2
    • python-solv-debuginfo-0.7.14-3.22.2
    • libsolv-debuginfo-0.7.14-3.22.2

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