SUSE-RU-2013:1092-1: Recommended update for SUSE Manager

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for SUSE Manager
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2013:1092-1
Rating:             low
References:         #701082 #801662 #801666 #806839 #809927 #813756 
                    #814263 #814292 #815441 #815460 #818325 #818566 
                    #819781 #820980 #820985 #821786 #821868 #821968 
                    #822385 #823241 #823366 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Manager 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2
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   An update that has 21 recommended fixes can now be
   installed. It includes 15 new package versions.

Description:


   This update for SUSE Manager Server 1.7 includes the
   following new  features:

   * Implement no_proxy for spacewalk-repo-sync.

   This update fixes the following issues:

   MessageQueue:

   * If the host lookup fails, do not hide the error.

   rhnlib:

   * Make timeout of yum-rhn-plugin calls through
   rhn-client-tools configurable
   * Make Proxy timeouts configurable.

   sm-client-tools:

   * Minor refactorings in the code for resource management
   * Remove bootstrap repository after failure
   * Handle missing /usr/share/rhn/ correctly
   * Fix minor bugs, add possibility to override SUSE
   Manager host for tunneling
   * Add possibility to override rhn.conf with command
   line.

   smdba:

   * Automatically adjust free space for the hot backup.

   spacecmd:

   * Fix spacecmd errors when trying to add script to
   kickstart
   * Make spacecmd able to specify configuration channel
   label.

   spacewalk-backend:

   * Fix reactivation of systems
   * Remove incorrect path from database
   * Add file path restoration functionality to
   spacewalk-data-fsck
   * Update copyright column length
   * Don't truncate channel name to 64 chars
   * Make API compatible with old RHEL5 clients
   * No line break at the end of the package summary
   * Don't truncate filepath when exporting
   * Fix registration issues on PostgreSQL
   * Update expired gpg keys in the keyring
   * Set copy_local urlgrabber option to copy also file
   URLs
   * Use timeout configuration option also in suseLib send
   function
   * Make satellite-sync work with new rhnlib
   * Search for CVE numbers also in the description
   * Require rhnlib with timeout option
   * Make rpclib connection timeout configurable
   * Return 404 Not Found on requests of content or
   installation.xml
   * Fix encoding in products summary and description.

   spacewalk-certs-tools:

   * Remove temp files verbosely even in case of error
   * Add sudo requirement to spacewalk-certs-tools package
   * The chkconfig command on RHEL does not know the -d
   switch
   * Simply test if bootstrap repository exists and use it
   if yes.

   spacewalk-client-tools:

   * Create mgr* program symbolic links
   * Correctly handle a deactivated account error message
   * Require rhnlib with timeout option
   * Make timeout of yum-rhn-plugin calls through
   rhn-client-tools configurable.

   spacewalk-java:

   * Fix Service Pack migration ClassCastException
   * Fix lookup for the SSH push default schedule
   * Escaping system name in web pages
   * Fix UI text about kickstart
   * Sort parent channel pop-up menu by channel name
   * Add list elaborator into session for CSV export
   * Fix invalid SQL statement for finding ssh-push
   candidates
   * Subscribe only to selected configuration channels via
   SSM
   * Fix cobbler information file system paths
   * Too big value in system custom info should not cause
   ISE
   * Do not offer a symbolic link if the user does not
   have acl for the target
   * Display systems counts on cancel scheduled actions
   page
   * Add some missing UI strings
   * Fix system.listSystemEvents on PostgreSQL
   * Display 'Updates' column on group system list pages
   * Fix 'Configs' column on system groups related pages
   * Upstream-specific check on channel name removed
   * Set milliseconds to 0 before comparing dates
   * Trigger repo metadata generation after cloning patches
   * Add missing string *.actions.scheduled
   * Fix paths for kernel and initrd on DVD on s390x.

   spacewalk-monitoring:

   * Start monitoring Scout after httpd if available.

   spacewalk-reports:

   * Fix of system group reports
   * Display more meaningful description
   * Report for host-guest mappings
   * Reports to support enhanced reporting.

   spacewalk-setup:

   * Suppress uninitialized value messages.

   spacewalk-utils:

   * Manually specify encoding options for
   spacewalk-dump-schema
   * Check to see if the key exists before initializing
   parent channel key
   * Fixed promote phase naming errors
   * Correctly quote the database name
   * Disable, enable and rebuild indexes for migrations.

   spacewalk-web:

   * Add RHN::Form::Widget::Select to ChannelEditor
   * Use RHN::Form::ParsedForm
   * Add sudo requirement for spacewalk-base package.

   susemanager-schema:

   * Don't create index if it already exists
   * Don't drop rhn_ram_sid_idx if it does not exist
   * No line break at the end of the package summary
   * Fix filename length in rhnErrataFileTmp
   * Switch deferred segment creation off during
   installation
   * Extend length of rhnPackageCapability.version.

   susemanager:

   * Create bootstrap repositories for SLE11-SP3
   * Fix reading mirror credentials from configuration
   * Add versioned requires of spacewalk-backend.

   How to apply this update:

   1. Log in as root user to the SUSE Manager server. 2. Stop
   the Spacewalk service:    spacewalk-service stop 3. Apply
   the patch using either zypper patch or YaST Online Update.
   4. Upgrade the database schema with
   spacewalk-schema-upgrade 5. Start the Spacewalk service:
   spacewalk-service start


Patch Instructions:

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

   - SUSE Manager 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sleman17sp2-suse-manager17-201306-7858

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Manager 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2 (x86_64) [New Version: 1.2,1.7.23,1.7.38.26,1.7.7.10 and 2.5.51.4]:

      rhnlib-2.5.51.4-0.5.1
      smdba-1.2-0.9.1
      spacecmd-1.7.7.10-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-app-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-applet-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-config-files-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-config-files-common-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-iss-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-iss-export-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-libs-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-package-push-server-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-server-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-sql-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-sql-oracle-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-tools-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      spacewalk-backend-xp-1.7.38.26-0.5.1
      susemanager-1.7.23-0.5.1
      susemanager-tools-1.7.23-0.5.1

   - SUSE Manager 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2 (noarch) [New Version: 1.2,1.7.0.2,1.7.1.6,1.7.14.16,1.7.15.11,1.7.28.17,1.7.3.9,1.7.54.25,1.7.56.19,1.7.9.11 and 3.26.7.2]:

      MessageQueue-3.26.7.2-0.5.1
      sm-client-tools-1.2-0.5.1
      spacewalk-base-1.7.28.17-0.5.1
      spacewalk-base-minimal-1.7.28.17-0.5.1
      spacewalk-certs-tools-1.7.3.9-0.5.2
      spacewalk-client-tools-1.7.14.16-0.5.1
      spacewalk-grail-1.7.28.17-0.5.1
      spacewalk-html-1.7.28.17-0.5.1
      spacewalk-java-1.7.54.25-0.5.1
      spacewalk-java-config-1.7.54.25-0.5.1
      spacewalk-java-lib-1.7.54.25-0.5.1
      spacewalk-java-oracle-1.7.54.25-0.5.1
      spacewalk-java-postgresql-1.7.54.25-0.5.1
      spacewalk-monitoring-1.7.0.2-0.5.2
      spacewalk-pxt-1.7.28.17-0.5.1
      spacewalk-reports-1.7.1.6-0.5.1
      spacewalk-setup-1.7.9.11-0.5.1
      spacewalk-sniglets-1.7.28.17-0.5.1
      spacewalk-taskomatic-1.7.54.25-0.5.1
      spacewalk-utils-1.7.15.11-0.5.2
      susemanager-schema-1.7.56.19-0.5.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/701082
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/801662
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/801666
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/806839
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/809927
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/813756
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/814263
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/814292
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/815441
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/815460
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/818325
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/818566
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/819781
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/820980
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/820985
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/821786
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/821868
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/821968
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/822385
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/823241
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/823366
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=38d1ca0ccf5d54694e1032e2b0d36ff2



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