Recommended update for libzypp, zypper

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:2818-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that has eight fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libzypp, zypper provides the following fixes:

Changes in libzypp: - VendorAttr: Const-correct API and let Target provide its settings. (bsc#1174918) - Support buildnr with commit hash in purge-kernels. This adds special behaviour for when a kernel version has the rebuild counter before the kernel commit hash. (bsc#1175342) - Improve Italian translation of the "breaking dependencies" message. (bsc#1173529) - Make sure reading from lsof does not block forever. (bsc#1174240) - Just collect details for the signatures found.

Changes in zypper: - man: Enhance description of the global package cache. (bsc#1175592) - man: Point out that plain rpm packages are not downloaded to the global package cache. (bsc#1173273) - Directly list subcommands in 'zypper help'. (bsc#1165424) - Remove extern C block wrapping augeas.h as it breaks the build on Arch Linux. - Point out that plaindir repos do not follow symlinks. (bsc#1174561) - Fix help command for list-patches.

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-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-2818=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • zypper-1.14.38-3.22.1
    • libzypp-devel-17.24.2-3.31.1
    • zypper-debugsource-1.14.38-3.22.1
    • libzypp-debuginfo-17.24.2-3.31.1
    • zypper-debuginfo-1.14.38-3.22.1
    • libzypp-17.24.2-3.31.1
    • libzypp-debugsource-17.24.2-3.31.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (noarch)
    • zypper-needs-restarting-1.14.38-3.22.1
    • zypper-log-1.14.38-3.22.1

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