Recommended update for salt

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:0900-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • Python 2 Module 15-SP2
  • Server Applications 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 seven fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

  • Only require python-certifi for CentOS7
  • Fix race conditions for corner cases when handling SIGTERM by minion (bsc#1172110)
  • Adjust and rename patch files
  • Exclude SLE 12 from requiring python-certifi
  • Implementation of suse_ip execution module to prevent issues with network.managed (bsc#1099976)
  • Fix recursion false detection in payload (bsc#1180101)
  • Add sleep on exception handling on minion connection attempt to the master (bsc#1174855)
  • Allows for the VMware provider to handle CPU and memory hot-add in newer versions of the software. (bsc#1181347)
  • Always require python-certifi (used by salt.ext.tornado)
  • Do not crash when unexpected cmd output at listing patches (bsc#1181290)
  • Fix behavior for "onlyif/unless" when multiple conditions (bsc#1180818)

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-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-900=1
  • Python 2 Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python2-15-SP2-2021-900=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP2-2021-900=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-900=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python3-salt-3000-27.1
    • salt-minion-3000-27.1
    • salt-3000-27.1
    • salt-doc-3000-27.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • salt-bash-completion-3000-27.1
    • salt-zsh-completion-3000-27.1
  • Python 2 Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python2-salt-3000-27.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • salt-master-3000-27.1
    • salt-api-3000-27.1
    • salt-cloud-3000-27.1
    • salt-proxy-3000-27.1
    • salt-syndic-3000-27.1
    • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3000-27.1
    • salt-ssh-3000-27.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • salt-fish-completion-3000-27.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • python3-salt-3000-27.1
    • salt-minion-3000-27.1
    • salt-3000-27.1

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