SUSE-RU-2022:1878-1: 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-2022:1878-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1196803 #1196804 SLE-24094 SLE-24095 SLE-24096 
                    SLE-24097 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
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   An update that has two recommended fixes and contains four
   features can now be installed.

Description:

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

   - Update to 12.0.0 (bsc#1196803, jsc#SLE-24094, jsc#SLE-24095,
     jsc#SLE-24096, jsc#SLE-24097) Support for managing Salt Minion through
     guest variables.
     open-vm-tools-salt-minion rpm is added to handle this support. New
      ComponentMgr plugin to manage (add, remove, monitor) components on the
      guest VM.

   - Patch to fix potential Fail to Build from Source [FTBFS] (bsc#1196804).
   - Build vmhgfs with either libfuse2 or libfuse3.
   - A number of Coverity and Codacy reported issues have been addressed.


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-SP5:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1878=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (x86_64):

      libvmtools0-12.0.0-4.42.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.0.0-4.42.1
      open-vm-tools-12.0.0-4.42.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.0.0-4.42.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.0.0-4.42.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-12.0.0-4.42.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.0.0-4.42.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.0.0-4.42.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.0.0-4.42.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1196803
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1196804