[sles-beta] Experience with SLES11-SP3 beta3 x86_64

[urs.frey at post.ch]

Hello

I downloaded SLES-11-SP3-DVD-x86_64-Beta3-DVD1.iso & SLE-11-SP3-SDK-DVD-x86_64-Beta3-DVD1.iso succesfully yesterday morning CET.
Now I am testing on HP Proliant DL385-G5, BL465cG7, BL460c-Gen8 and VMware

Installation runs smoothly. I always do a fresh installation using autoyast and network install server via http:80

BUG with mcelog, not supporting AMD Opteron CPUs still open.
([Bug 807336] mcelog: AMD Processor family 21: Please load edac_mce_amd module)

I did already an update from SLES11-SP2 to SLES11-SP3 using zypper --non-interactive dist-upgrade --auto-agree-with-licenses
What I notice is a problem, when updating postfix:

Installing: rsync-3.0.4-2.45.40 [.done]
Installing: postfix-2.9.4-0.9.25 [..done]
Additional rpm output:
warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf created as /etc/postfix/main.cf.rpmnew
warning: /etc/postfix/master.cf created as /etc/postfix/master.cf.rpmnew
executing upgrade-configuration
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
Editing /etc/postfix/master.cf, adding missing entry for tlsmgr service
Editing /etc/postfix/master.cf, adding missing entry for postscreen TCP service
Editing /etc/postfix/master.cf, adding missing entry for smtpd unix-domain service
Editing /etc/postfix/master.cf, adding missing entry for dnsblog unix-domain service
Editing /etc/postfix/master.cf, adding missing entry for tlsproxy unix-domain service

    Note: the following files or directories still exist but are no
    longer part of Postfix:

     /etc/postfix/postfix-files /etc/postfix/postfix-script
     /etc/postfix/post-install

/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
Updating etc/sysconfig/postfix...
Updating etc/sysconfig/mail...
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix


Installing: openssh-6.1p1-0.9.12 [.done]


Postfix is working afterwards, but also in the /var/log/boot.msg I get this warning from postfix on my console:
--------------------------------
<notice -- Mar 20 14:53:03.621141000>
postfix start

Starting mail service (Postfix)done
<notice -- Mar 20 14:53:03.956489000>
'postfix start' exits with status 0

<notice -- Mar 20 14:53:03.964294000>
cron start

/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: program_directory=/usr/lib/postfix
Starting CRON daemon
<notice -- Mar 20 14:53:04.42281000>
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Of course I can disable the line by editing /etc/postfix/mani.cf
#program_directory = /usr/lib/postfix
and then this warning no longer appears.
It would be great, if there is no need to edit manually after an Upgrade


Thank you for feedback


Best regards


Urs Frey
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