SUSE-RU-2013:1914-1: important: Recommended update for SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2013:1914-1
Rating:             important
References:         #823813 #847254 #849856 #850105 #850983 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2
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   An update that has 5 recommended fixes can now be
   installed. It includes 8 new package versions.

Description:


   This collective update for SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 provides
   the following  fixes and enhancements:

   osad:

   * Remove extraneous 'except'.
   * Catch jabberd connection errors.

   spacewalk-backend:

   * Replace encode/decode with to_string/to_unicode.
   * Make sure we put strings to fd.write().
   * Python server: better logging of exceptions.
   * Log errors on bad request. (bnc#849856)

   spacewalk-certs-tools:

   * Include fixed version of sm-client-tools. (bnc#823813)

   spacewalk-client-tools:

   * Uptime report: respect xmlrpc's integer limits.

   spacewalk-proxy:

   * /etc/hosts doesn't work with proxies. (bnc#850983)

   zypp-plugin-spacewalk:

   * Avoid crashes when a channel's metadata contains
   UTF-8 data. (bnc#850105)
   * Call zypper with --auto-agree-with-licenses, as
   interactive agreement is not possible from remote.
   (bnc#847254)

   How to apply this update:

   1. Log in as root user to the SUSE Manager proxy. 2. Stop
   the proxy service: spacewalk-proxy stop 3. Apply the patch
   using either zypper patch or YaST Online Update. 4. Start
   the Spacewalk service: spacewalk-proxy 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 Proxy 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slemap17sp2-suse-manager-proxy-201312-8660

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2 (x86_64) [New Version: 0.9.5 and 1.7.38.30]:

      spacewalk-backend-1.7.38.30-0.5.5
      spacewalk-backend-libs-1.7.38.30-0.5.5
      zypp-plugin-spacewalk-0.9.5-0.5.5

   - SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 for SLE 11 SP2 (noarch) [New Version: 1.2.3,1.7.12.13,1.7.14.18,1.7.28.19,1.7.3.10 and 5.10.41.10]:

      osad-5.10.41.10-0.5.2
      sm-client-tools-1.2.3-0.5.2
      spacewalk-base-minimal-1.7.28.19-0.5.2
      spacewalk-certs-tools-1.7.3.10-0.5.3
      spacewalk-check-1.7.14.18-0.5.2
      spacewalk-client-setup-1.7.14.18-0.5.2
      spacewalk-client-tools-1.7.14.18-0.5.2
      spacewalk-proxy-broker-1.7.12.13-0.5.4
      spacewalk-proxy-common-1.7.12.13-0.5.4
      spacewalk-proxy-management-1.7.12.13-0.5.4
      spacewalk-proxy-package-manager-1.7.12.13-0.5.4
      spacewalk-proxy-redirect-1.7.12.13-0.5.4


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/823813
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/847254
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/849856
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/850105
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/850983
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d5ffa037d2c502ea33f89369b5672dca