Recommended update for yast2-proxy

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:2476-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 Business Critical Linux 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for yast2-proxy fixes the following issues:

  • Added 'to_target' variable which will determine whether the configuration should be written to the target system at the end of the installation or not (bsc#1185016)
  • Replace novell urls by SUSE ones (bsc#1100366)

This update for yast2-installation fixes the following issues:

  • Start the "memsample" tool in a subshell to avoid "Terminated" message displayed at the end. (bsc#1184491)
  • Better evaluate the old and new repositories during upgrade, do not preselect new repositories for removal if they accidentally use the same repository as already present in the system. (bsc#1185822)
  • Export also the 'https_proxy' environment variable when a proxy config is given through 'linuxrc'. (bsc#1185016)

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2021-2476=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-2476=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch)
    • yast2-installation-4.3.40-3.4.1
    • yast2-proxy-4.3.3-3.3.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (noarch)
    • yast2-installation-4.3.40-3.4.1
    • yast2-proxy-4.3.3-3.3.1

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