Recommended update for supportutils

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for supportutils
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2703-1
Rating: important
References: #1061282 #965682 #995387
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3

  • An update that has three recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:

    This update for supportutils fixes the following issues:

    * A core_pattern containing pipe could have lead to a filesystem
    corruption (bsc#1061282)

    * Supportconfig was no longer running the LVM commands vgs and lvs
    (bsc#995387)

    * The NCP configuration was being skipped when run on OES2015 (bsc#965682)

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-supportutils-13308=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-supportutils-13308=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sleposp3-supportutils-13308=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (noarch):
      • supportutils-1.20-122.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS (noarch):
      • supportutils-1.20-122.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 (noarch):
      • supportutils-1.20-122.3.1

    References: