Recommended update for SUSE Manager Client Tools

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for SUSE Manager Client Tools
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:13955-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1110427 #1116610 #1121424 #987798
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-CLIENT-TOOLS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-CLIENT-TOOLS

An update that has four recommended fixes can now be installed.

Description:


This update fixes the following issues:
spacecmd:

  • Fix importing state channels using configchannel_import
  • Fix getting file info for latest revision (via configchannel_filedetails)
  • Add functions to merge errata (softwarechannel_errata_merge) and packages (softwarechannel_mergepackages) through spacecmd (bsc#987798)

spacewalk-backend:
  • Move channel update close to commit to avoid long lock (bsc#1121424)
  • Adapt Inter Server Sync code to new SCC sync backend
  • Fix issue raising exceptions 'with_traceback' on Python 2
  • Hide Python traceback and show only error message (bsc#1110427)
  • Honor renamed postgresql10 log directory for supportconfig

spacewalk-client-tools:
  • Fix XML-RPC type serialization (bsc#1116610)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Recommended 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 11-SP4-CLIENT-TOOLS:
    zypper in -t patch slesctsp4-client-tools-201901-13955=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-CLIENT-TOOLS:
    zypper in -t patch slesctsp3-client-tools-201901-13955=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-CLIENT-TOOLS (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • python2-spacewalk-check-2.8.22.4-27.12.1
    • python2-spacewalk-client-setup-2.8.22.4-27.12.1
    • python2-spacewalk-client-tools-2.8.22.4-27.12.1
    • spacecmd-2.8.25.8-18.35.1
    • spacewalk-backend-libs-2.8.57.8-28.28.1
    • spacewalk-check-2.8.22.4-27.12.1
    • spacewalk-client-setup-2.8.22.4-27.12.1
    • spacewalk-client-tools-2.8.22.4-27.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-CLIENT-TOOLS (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • python2-spacewalk-check-2.8.22.4-27.12.1
    • python2-spacewalk-client-setup-2.8.22.4-27.12.1
    • python2-spacewalk-client-tools-2.8.22.4-27.12.1
    • spacecmd-2.8.25.8-18.35.1
    • spacewalk-backend-libs-2.8.57.8-28.28.1
    • spacewalk-check-2.8.22.4-27.12.1
    • spacewalk-client-setup-2.8.22.4-27.12.1
    • spacewalk-client-tools-2.8.22.4-27.12.1

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