Recommended update for SUSE Manager Salt Bundle

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2024:0496-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Affected Products:
  • 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 contains one feature and has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update fixes the following issues:

venv-salt-minion:

  • Ensure that pillar refresh loads beacons from pillar without restart
  • Add libffi to the bundle for Enterprise Linux 8 based systems to make it more compatible with the clones
  • Enable "KeepAlive" probes for Salt SSH executions (bsc#1211649)
  • Revert changes to set Salt configured user early in the stack (bsc#1216284)
  • Align behavior of some modules when using salt-call via symlink (bsc#1215963)
  • Fix gitfs "env" and improve cache cleaning (bsc#1193948)

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-12-2024-496=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • venv-salt-minion-3006.0-3.49.3

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