SUSE-RU-2016:1804-1: moderate: Recommended update for kexec-tools

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for kexec-tools
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2016:1804-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #955332 #957351 #981339 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
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   An update that has three recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:


   This update for kexec-tools fixes the following issues:

   - Reduce number of ELF LOAD segments on ppc64le. (bsc#981339)
   - Enumerate all /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuN when they are discontinuous.
     (bsc#955332, bsc#957351)
   - Fix mistaken check of stat(2) return value. (bsc#955332, bsc#957351)


Patch Instructions:

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

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1056=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1056=1

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      kexec-tools-2.0.5-17.2
      kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.5-17.2
      kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.5-17.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):

      kexec-tools-2.0.5-17.2
      kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.5-17.2
      kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.5-17.2


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/955332
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/957351
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/981339