Recommended update for SUSE Manager Client Tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2023:2568-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for Debian 10

An update that contains two features and has six fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update fixes the following issues:

salt:

  • Update to Salt release version 3006.0 (jsc#PED-3139)
  • See release notes: https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/topics/releases/3006.0.html
  • Add python3-looseversion as new dependency for salt
  • Add python3-packaging as new dependency for salt
  • Allow entrypoint compatibility for "importlib-metadata>=5.0.0" (bsc#1207071)
  • Avoid conflicts with Salt dependencies versions (bsc#1211612)
  • Fix SLS rendering error when Jinja macros are used
  • Fix version detection and avoid building and testing failures
  • Prevent deadlocks in salt-ssh executions
  • Require python3-jmespath runtime dependency (bsc#1209233)

spacecmd:

  • Version 4.3.21-1
  • fix argument parsing of distribution_update (bsc#1210458)
  • Version 4.3.20-1
  • Display activation key details after executing the corresponding command (bsc#1208719)
  • Show targetted packages before actually removing them (bsc#1207830)

python-looseversion:

  • Provide python-looseversion 1.0.2-1 as new salt dependency

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 Debian 10
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Debian-10-CLIENT-TOOLS-x86_64-2023-2568=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for Debian 10 (all)
    • salt-common-3006.0+ds-1+2.80.1
    • python3-looseversion-1.0.2-1
    • salt-minion-3006.0+ds-1+2.80.1

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