Recommended update for plymouth

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:1421-1
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 three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for plymouth fixes the following issues:

  • Change playmouth systemd service as the the old method is unsafe. (bsc#1177082, bsc#1182145)
  • Switch 'x11_renderer' build condition and can prevent plymouth build failures.
  • Temporary disable it, because aarch64 and ppc64le system could not booting in release period, and this is only a enhancement with no harm to rollback. (bsc#1184087)

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-SP2-2021-1421=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • plymouth-debuginfo-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • plymouth-plugin-label-debuginfo-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • plymouth-plugin-script-debuginfo-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • libply-boot-client5-debuginfo-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • plymouth-plugin-label-ft-debuginfo-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • plymouth-scripts-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • plymouth-dracut-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • libply-splash-core5-debuginfo-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • libply5-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • plymouth-debugsource-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • libply-splash-core5-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • plymouth-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • plymouth-devel-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • libply-splash-graphics5-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • plymouth-plugin-label-ft-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • plymouth-plugin-label-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • libply5-debuginfo-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • plymouth-plugin-script-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • libply-splash-graphics5-debuginfo-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1
    • libply-boot-client5-0.9.5+git20190908+3abfab2-3.22.1

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