SUSE-RU-2021:2568-1: 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-2021:2568-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1029961 #1185103 #1185175 #1187567 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3
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   An update that has four recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:

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

   Update to 11.3.0 (bsc#1187567)

   - Reduce or eliminate Linux dependency on the 'net-tools' package.
     - The 'ifconfig' and 'netstat' commands are deprecated in more recent
       releases of Linux. Update the Linux 'vm-support' script to use the
       'ip' and 'ss' commands when available. If the new commands are missing
       a fallback will be used. In Particular, 'ip' has a fallback on
       'ifconfig', 'ip route' will fallback on 'route' and 'ss' will fallback
       on 'netstat'.
   - Configuring OVT with the '--without-pam' option will implicitly disable
     'vgauth'.
     - When no 'vgauth' option is given alongside '--without-pam', a warning
       is displayed with a message 'Building without PAM; vgauth will be
       disabled.'.
     - When '--disable-vgauth' is supplied alongside '--without-pam', no
       warning or error message is displayed.
     - When '--enable-vgauth' is supplied alongside '--without-pam', an error
       will be shown and the configure stage will be aborted with an error
       message 'Cannot enable vgauth without PAM. Please configure without
       --without-pam or without --enable-vgauth.'
   - Fix issues using GCC 11 with gtk >= 3.20 and glib >=2.66.3
   - Fix more GCC 11 failures. (bsc#1185103)
   - Update the 'FreeBSD' specific sections of 'open-vm-tools' to adjust what
     necessary for 'ARM64'.
   - New command line tool 'vmwgfxctrl' introduced in 'open-vm-tools'.
     - A user can now control various aspects of the 'vmwgfx' Linux kernel
       module. Currently it can both display and set the current topology of
       the 'vmwgfx' kernel driver. It is useful when trying to configure
       custom resolutions on recent Linux distributions, including
       multi-monitor setups.
   - New command line tool 'vmware-alias-import' added to 'open-vm-tools'
     that can be used to import 'vgauth' config data and apply it to the
     running 'vgauth' service.
   - Enhancements to support or utilize various vSphere features.
   - In 'vmtoolsd.service' move the deprecated path '/var/run' to '/run' for
     it's 'PID' file. (bsc#1185175)
   - Finalize the 'UsrMerge'. (bsc#1029961)


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 Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP3-2021-2568=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-2568=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP3 (x86_64):

      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-10.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-10.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-10.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-10.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3 (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-10.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.0-10.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-10.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.0-10.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-10.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-10.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-10.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-10.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1029961
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185103
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185175
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187567