Recommended update for libsolv, libzypp, zypper

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:1938-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libsolv, libzypp, zypper fixes the following issues:

libsolv was updated to:

  • Enable zstd compression support for sle15

zypper was updated to version 1.14.37:

  • Print switch abbrev warning to stderr (bsc#1172925)
  • Fix typo in man page (bsc#1169947)

libzypp was updated to 17.24.0

  • Fix core dump with corrupted history file (bsc#1170801)
  • Enable zchunk metadata download if libsolv supports it.
  • Better handling of the purge-kernels algorithm. (bsc#1173106)

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-1938=1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP2-2020-1938=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python3-solv-0.7.14-3.3.2
    • libzypp-17.24.0-3.7.1
    • libsolv-tools-debuginfo-0.7.14-3.3.2
    • libsolv-devel-debuginfo-0.7.14-3.3.2
    • zypper-debuginfo-1.14.37-3.3.3
    • libsolv-debugsource-0.7.14-3.3.2
    • python3-solv-debuginfo-0.7.14-3.3.2
    • ruby-solv-debuginfo-0.7.14-3.3.2
    • libzypp-devel-17.24.0-3.7.1
    • libsolv-devel-0.7.14-3.3.2
    • libsolv-tools-0.7.14-3.3.2
    • ruby-solv-0.7.14-3.3.2
    • zypper-debugsource-1.14.37-3.3.3
    • libsolv-debuginfo-0.7.14-3.3.2
    • zypper-1.14.37-3.3.3
    • libzypp-debuginfo-17.24.0-3.7.1
    • libzypp-debugsource-17.24.0-3.7.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • zypper-needs-restarting-1.14.37-3.3.3
    • zypper-log-1.14.37-3.3.3
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • perl-solv-debuginfo-0.7.14-3.3.2
    • libsolv-debuginfo-0.7.14-3.3.2
    • libsolv-debugsource-0.7.14-3.3.2
    • perl-solv-0.7.14-3.3.2

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