SUSE-RU-2017:3184-1: moderate: Recommended update for open-vm-tools

[sle-updates at lists.suse.com]

   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for open-vm-tools
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2017:3184-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1027987 #1028866 #1031968 #1051627 #1051977 
                    #1052129 #1054800 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2
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   An update that has 7 recommended fixes can now be installed.

Description:

   This update provides open-vm-tools 10.1.10, bringing the following fixes
   and enhancements:

   - Fix setting the screen resolution under Wayland environments.
     (bsc#1054800)
   - Map certain PAM errors to VGAUTH_E_AUTHENTICATION_DENIED.
   - Fix timesync state to be uncalibrated when adjustment is larger than
     60ms.
   - Fix a crash when the VSS provider is not installed.
   - Add support for the new copy and paste selection target named "text/rtf".
   - Previously Common Agent Framework (CAF) builds were linking against
     specific versions
     of PCRE and libiconv.  That restriction has been removed.
   - Reverts a fix that was causing intermittent hangs during soft reboots of
     some Linux VMs.
   - Fix a problem that was causing VMs to freeze during snapshots.
     (bsc#1051627)
   - Fix unowned /var/lib/vmware directory, which was causing the vgauthd
     service initialization to fail. (bsc#1028866)
   - Fix a package dependency for open-vm-tools on libvmtools0. (bsc#1031968)
   - Fix a build failure caused by an upstream glibc change requiring the
     explicit inclusion
     of sys/sysmacros.h
   - Fix reporting authentication failures.
   - Make it possible to backup virtual machines with active Docker
     containers.


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-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1980=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1980=1

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-10.1.10-9.3.3
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.1.10-9.3.3
      open-vm-tools-10.1.10-9.3.3
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.1.10-9.3.3
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.1.10-9.3.3
      open-vm-tools-desktop-10.1.10-9.3.3
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.1.10-9.3.3

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-10.1.10-9.3.3
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.1.10-9.3.3
      open-vm-tools-10.1.10-9.3.3
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.1.10-9.3.3
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.1.10-9.3.3
      open-vm-tools-desktop-10.1.10-9.3.3
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.1.10-9.3.3


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027987
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1028866
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1031968
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1051627
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1051977
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1052129
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1054800