Recommended update for Salt

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:2663-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Advanced Systems Management Module 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 12

An update that has 11 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update fixes the following issues:

salt:

  • Do noop for services states when running systemd in offline mode (bsc#1187787)
  • Transactional_updates: do not execute states in parallel but use a queue (bsc#1188170)
  • Handle "master tops" data when states are applied by "transactional_update" (bsc#1187787)
  • Enhance openscap module: add "xccdf_eval" call
  • Virt: pass emulator when getting domain capabilities from libvirt
  • Implementation of held/unheld functions for state pkg (bsc#1187813)
  • Fix exception in yumpkg.remove for not installed package
  • Fix save for iptables state module (bsc#1185131)
  • Virt: use /dev/kvm to detect KVM
  • Zypperpkg: improve logic for handling vendorchange flags
  • Add bundled provides for tornado to the spec file
  • Enhance logging when inotify beacon is missing pyinotify (bsc#1186310)
  • Add "python3-pyinotify" as a recommended package for Salt in SUSE/openSUSE distros
  • Check if dpkgnotify is executable (bsc#1186674)
  • Detect Python version to use inside container (bsc#1167586) (bsc#1164192)
  • Handle volumes on stopped pools in virt.vm_info (bsc#1186287)
  • Grains.extra: support old non-intel kernels (bsc#1180650)
  • Fix missing minion returns in batch mode (bsc#1184659)

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 Manager Client Tools for SLE 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Manager-Tools-12-2021-2663=1
  • Advanced Systems Management Module 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Adv-Systems-Management-12-2021-2663=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • salt-3000-46.145.1
    • python3-salt-3000-46.145.1
    • salt-doc-3000-46.145.1
    • python2-salt-3000-46.145.1
    • salt-minion-3000-46.145.1
  • Advanced Systems Management Module 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • salt-3000-46.145.1
    • salt-api-3000-46.145.1
    • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3000-46.145.1
    • salt-proxy-3000-46.145.1
    • salt-doc-3000-46.145.1
    • python2-salt-3000-46.145.1
    • salt-syndic-3000-46.145.1
    • salt-cloud-3000-46.145.1
    • salt-ssh-3000-46.145.1
    • salt-minion-3000-46.145.1
    • salt-master-3000-46.145.1
  • Advanced Systems Management Module 12 (noarch)
    • salt-zsh-completion-3000-46.145.1
    • salt-bash-completion-3000-46.145.1

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