SUSE-RU-2021:2131-1: moderate: Recommended update for multipath-tools

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for multipath-tools
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2021:2131-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1174026 #1177081 #1177371 #1178377 #1178379 
                    #1182072 #1182917 #1184260 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
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   An update that has 8 recommended fixes can now be installed.

Description:

   This update for multipath-tools fixes the following issues:

   - Update from version 0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5 to version
     0.7.9+207+suse.58b7a57:
     * Improve handling of changed WWIDs and temporary failure to obtain
       WWID. Option "disable_changed_wwids" is now ignored. (bsc#1184260)
     * enable negated regular expression syntax in conf file (bsc#1182917)
     * change default devnode blacklist to `'!^(sd[a-z]|dasd[a-z]|nvme[0-9])'`
     * fixes for SAS expanders (bsc#1178377, bsc#1178379, bsc#1177081)
     * Avoid "illegal request" errors on non-RDAC storage (#bsc#1182072,
       bsc#1177371, bsc#1182072)
     * Fix problem determining device node names in complex SAS topology
       (bsc#1178377, bsc#1178379)
     * fix issues with SAS expanders (bsc#1178377, bsc#1178379, bsc#1177081)


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 Software Development Kit 12-SP5:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2021-2131=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-2131=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.9+207+suse.58b7a57-3.9.2
      multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.9+207+suse.58b7a57-3.9.2
      multipath-tools-devel-0.7.9+207+suse.58b7a57-3.9.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      kpartx-0.7.9+207+suse.58b7a57-3.9.2
      kpartx-debuginfo-0.7.9+207+suse.58b7a57-3.9.2
      multipath-tools-0.7.9+207+suse.58b7a57-3.9.2
      multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.9+207+suse.58b7a57-3.9.2
      multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.9+207+suse.58b7a57-3.9.2


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174026
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177081
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177371
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178377
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178379
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182072
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182917
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184260