Recommended update for libsolv, libzypp, zypper

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:0874-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
  • 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 four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libsolv, libzypp, zypper fixes the following issues:

  • support multiple collections in updateinfo parser
  • Fixed an issue when some 'systemd' tools require '/proc' to be mounted and fail if it's not there. (bsc#1181328)
  • Enable release packages to request a releaxed suse/opensuse vendorcheck in dup when migrating. (bsc#1182629)
  • Patch: Identify well-known category names to allow to use the RH and SUSE patch category names synonymously. (bsc#1179847)
  • Fix '%posttrans' script execution. (fixes #265)
  • Repo: Allow multiple baseurls specified on one line (fixes #285)
  • Regex: Fix memory leak and undefined behavior.
  • Add rpm buildrequires for test suite (fixes #279)
  • Use rpmdb2solv new -D switch to tell the location of the rpmdatabase to use.
  • doc: give more details about creating versioned package locks. (bsc#1181622)
  • man: Document synonymously used patch categories (bsc#1179847)

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 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP2-2021-874=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-874=1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP2-2021-874=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-874=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libzypp-17.25.8-3.31.1
    • libsolv-tools-0.7.17-3.17.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • zypper-1.14.43-3.20.1
    • python3-solv-debuginfo-0.7.17-3.17.1
    • libzypp-17.25.8-3.31.1
    • libsolv-tools-0.7.17-3.17.1
    • ruby-solv-0.7.17-3.17.1
    • zypper-debugsource-1.14.43-3.20.1
    • libsolv-devel-0.7.17-3.17.1
    • zypper-debuginfo-1.14.43-3.20.1
    • libsolv-debuginfo-0.7.17-3.17.1
    • libsolv-tools-debuginfo-0.7.17-3.17.1
    • libzypp-debuginfo-17.25.8-3.31.1
    • libsolv-devel-debuginfo-0.7.17-3.17.1
    • python3-solv-0.7.17-3.17.1
    • libzypp-devel-17.25.8-3.31.1
    • libzypp-debugsource-17.25.8-3.31.1
    • ruby-solv-debuginfo-0.7.17-3.17.1
    • libsolv-debugsource-0.7.17-3.17.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • zypper-log-1.14.43-3.20.1
    • zypper-needs-restarting-1.14.43-3.20.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libsolv-debuginfo-0.7.17-3.17.1
    • perl-solv-debuginfo-0.7.17-3.17.1
    • perl-solv-0.7.17-3.17.1
    • libsolv-debugsource-0.7.17-3.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • zypper-1.14.43-3.20.1
    • libzypp-17.25.8-3.31.1
    • libsolv-tools-0.7.17-3.17.1
    • zypper-debugsource-1.14.43-3.20.1
    • zypper-debuginfo-1.14.43-3.20.1
    • libsolv-debuginfo-0.7.17-3.17.1
    • libsolv-tools-debuginfo-0.7.17-3.17.1
    • libzypp-debuginfo-17.25.8-3.31.1
    • libzypp-debugsource-17.25.8-3.31.1
    • libsolv-debugsource-0.7.17-3.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (noarch)
    • zypper-needs-restarting-1.14.43-3.20.1

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