SUSE-RU-2018:3826-1: moderate: Recommended update for open-vm-tools

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for open-vm-tools
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2018:3826-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1047469 #1110793 #1111619 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3
                    SUSE CaaS Platform ALL
                    SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
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   An update that has three recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:

   This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:

   - Added Handle Linux kernel /proc FS uint32 type stat overflow when
     calculating. (bsc#1110793) On both 32-bit and 64-bit Linux, tools always
     parses Linux kernel /proc FS stats as uint64 values.  For rate stats,
     current - previous can handle uint64 type stat overflow, but not uint32
     type.
   - Optional override for short and long OS names sent from Tools.
     (bsc#1047469) Added support for customers to override the returned long
     and short OS names through the tools config file. If the setting is
     present, then names gathered by hostinfo will be ignored. The user is
     responsible for setting the appropriate names.
   - Workaround for false negative result when detecting cloud-init
     existance. (bsc#1111619) "cloud-init -v" cmd is used to detect if
     cloud-init is properly configured and it works on most linux distros.
     However in some linux distro like Amazon Linux 2, "cloud-init -v" will
     print result to stderr instead of stdout and it makes
     "forkExecAndWaitCommand" give false negative result. 1. added a new bool
     switch in  "ForkExecAndWaitCommand" to choose if we should ignore the
     stderr output when the return code is 0 2. removed unnecessary reference
     for "ForkExecAndWaitCommand" in linuxDeploymentUtilities.c 3. trivial
     change for some formatting


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Recommended Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2718=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-2718=1

   - SUSE CaaS Platform ALL:

      To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard.
      It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger
      updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

   - SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0:

      To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard.
      It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger
      updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-10.3.0-3.19.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.19.1
      open-vm-tools-10.3.0-3.19.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.19.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.0-3.19.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-10.3.0-3.19.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.19.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-10.3.0-3.19.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.19.1
      open-vm-tools-10.3.0-3.19.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.19.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.0-3.19.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-10.3.0-3.19.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.19.1

   - SUSE CaaS Platform ALL (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-10.3.0-3.19.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.19.1
      open-vm-tools-10.3.0-3.19.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.19.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.0-3.19.1

   - SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-10.3.0-3.19.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.19.1
      open-vm-tools-10.3.0-3.19.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-10.3.0-3.19.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-10.3.0-3.19.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1047469
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1110793
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1111619