Recommended update for sysconfig

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:3129-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem 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

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for sysconfig fixes the following issues:

  • Fix for 'netconfig' to run with a new library including fallback to the previous location. (bsc#1176285)
  • Fix for changing content of such files like '/etc/resolv.conf' to avoid linked applications re-read them and unnecessarily re-initializes themselves accordingly. (bsc#1176325)
  • Fix for 'chrony helper' calling in background. (bsc#1173391)
  • Fix for configuration file by creating a symlink for it to prevent false ownership on the file. (bsc#1159566)

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-SP1-2020-3129=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • sysconfig-debuginfo-0.85.6-3.6.1
    • sysconfig-netconfig-0.85.6-3.6.1
    • sysconfig-0.85.6-3.6.1
    • sysconfig-debugsource-0.85.6-3.6.1

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