Recommended update for yast2-firstboot

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:2329-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for yast2-firstboot fixes the following issues:

  • Fix for an issue when YaST firstboot unable to set hostname due to an non-existing function. (bsc#1173298)

This update for yast2-network fixes the following issues:

  • Permit to write networking config changes without touching the service and other components like the firewall. (bsc#1173298)
  • Permit dot characters in the hostname allowing to specify it as an FQDN. (bsc#1173298)
  • Fixes an issue not to crash when configuring an IPv6 route through AutoYaST. (bsc#1174353)

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-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-2329=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • yast2-firstboot-4.2.15-3.3.1
    • yast2-network-4.2.75-3.13.1

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