Recommended update for checkmedia

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2024:1191-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for checkmedia fixes the following issues:

  • tagmedia: fix size detection for block devices (bsc#1220972)
  • Update to version 6.3
  • Do not select EFI System Partition for digest calculation (bsc#1211953)
  • Use default for SKIPSECTORS only for RH media
  • Add man pages for checkmedia and tagmedia

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-1191=1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-1191=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2024-1191=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • libmediacheck6-debuginfo-6.3-150400.3.3.1
    • libmediacheck6-6.3-150400.3.3.1
    • libmediacheck-devel-6.3-150400.3.3.1
    • checkmedia-6.3-150400.3.3.1
    • checkmedia-debugsource-6.3-150400.3.3.1
    • checkmedia-debuginfo-6.3-150400.3.3.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libmediacheck6-debuginfo-6.3-150400.3.3.1
    • libmediacheck6-6.3-150400.3.3.1
    • libmediacheck-devel-6.3-150400.3.3.1
    • checkmedia-6.3-150400.3.3.1
    • checkmedia-debugsource-6.3-150400.3.3.1
    • checkmedia-debuginfo-6.3-150400.3.3.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libmediacheck6-debuginfo-6.3-150400.3.3.1
    • libmediacheck6-6.3-150400.3.3.1
    • libmediacheck-devel-6.3-150400.3.3.1
    • checkmedia-6.3-150400.3.3.1
    • checkmedia-debugsource-6.3-150400.3.3.1
    • checkmedia-debuginfo-6.3-150400.3.3.1

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