Recommended update for libzypp, zypper

Announcement ID:	SUSE-RU-2021:3870-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1190356 bsc#1191286 bsc#1191324 bsc#1191370 bsc#1191609 bsc#1192337 bsc#1192436
Affected Products:	Basesystem Module 15-SP2 Basesystem Module 15-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2 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 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 SUSE Manager Server 4.1 SUSE Manager Server 4.2

An update that has seven fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libzypp, zypper fixes the following issues:

libzypp:

• Check log writer before accessing it (bsc#1192337)
• Zypper should keep cached files if transaction is aborted (bsc#1190356)
• Require a minimum number of mirrors for multicurl (bsc#1191609)
• Fixed slowdowns when rlimit is too high by using procfs to detect niumber of open file descriptors (bsc#1191324)
• Fixed zypper incomplete messages when using non English localization (bsc#1191370)
• RepoManager: Don't probe for plaindir repository if the URL schema is a plugin (bsc#1191286)
• Disable logger in the child process after fork (bsc#1192436)

zypper:

• Fixed Zypper removing a kernel explicitely pinned that uses uname -r output format as name (openSUSE/zypper#418)

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-SP2-2021-3870=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-3870=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-3870=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-3870=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2021-3870=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libzypp-17.28.8-20.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libzypp-debuginfo-17.28.8-20.1
  • libzypp-devel-17.28.8-20.1
  • libzypp-debugsource-17.28.8-20.1
  • libzypp-17.28.8-20.1
  • zypper-debuginfo-1.14.50-21.1
  • zypper-debugsource-1.14.50-21.1
  • zypper-1.14.50-21.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
  • zypper-needs-restarting-1.14.50-21.1
  • zypper-log-1.14.50-21.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libzypp-debuginfo-17.28.8-20.1
  • libzypp-devel-17.28.8-20.1
  • libzypp-debugsource-17.28.8-20.1
  • libzypp-17.28.8-20.1
  • zypper-debuginfo-1.14.50-21.1
  • zypper-debugsource-1.14.50-21.1
  • zypper-1.14.50-21.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (noarch)
  • zypper-needs-restarting-1.14.50-21.1
  • zypper-log-1.14.50-21.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • libzypp-debuginfo-17.28.8-20.1
  • libzypp-debugsource-17.28.8-20.1
  • libzypp-17.28.8-20.1
  • zypper-debuginfo-1.14.50-21.1
  • zypper-debugsource-1.14.50-21.1
  • zypper-1.14.50-21.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (noarch)
  • zypper-needs-restarting-1.14.50-21.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • libzypp-debuginfo-17.28.8-20.1
  • libzypp-debugsource-17.28.8-20.1
  • libzypp-17.28.8-20.1
  • zypper-debuginfo-1.14.50-21.1
  • zypper-debugsource-1.14.50-21.1
  • zypper-1.14.50-21.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (noarch)
  • zypper-needs-restarting-1.14.50-21.1

References:

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190356
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191286
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191324
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191370
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191609
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192337
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192436