SUSE-RU-2026:21202-1: moderate: Recommended update for AppStream

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# Recommended update for AppStream

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2026:21202-1  
Release Date: 2026-04-16T08:36:38Z  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * bsc#1239941

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

  
  
An update that has one fix can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for AppStream fixes the following issues:

Changes in AppStream:

  * Make qt6 the default qt flavor and qt5 the flavor built separately and
    disable the qt5 flavor in SLE16 where we don't want to have Qt5 libraries.

Update to 1.0.5:

Features:

  * qt: Expose markup conversion utils
  * desktop-styles: Add android and iOS
  * validator: Check for xml:lang="en" being used on description template
    elements
  * validator: Flag cases of raw text in "description" elements
  * metadata: Add more known extensions into as_metadata_file_guess_style()
    Specification:
  * docs: Clarify that the style segment of a screenshot environment is optional
  * docs: Explain consequences of defining an icon for desktop-app metainfo
  * docs: Clarify that description content must be in p/li elements Bugfixes:
  * validator: mark as_validator_issue_tag_list static
  * docs: Add workaround for gi-docgen misnaming devhelp files
  * compose: Do not permit SVG images as screenshots
  * compose: Don't "forget" to scan remaining paths when re-encountering a dir
  * pool: Try explicit singular term match if we only have low-quality tokens
  * utils: Provide compatibility with Fedora icon tarballs when installing them
  * utils: Remove leftover g_chmod()
  * zstd-decompressor: Pass output/written data when decompression finished
  * utils: Expect a dash in icons file name
  * utils: Recognize .yml _and .yaml_ file extension variants, and .zst
    extension
  * utils: Rename the appstream file when re-saving it on install

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-569=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-569=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * libappstream5-debuginfo-1.0.5-160000.1.1
    * AppStream-debuginfo-1.0.5-160000.1.1
    * libappstream5-1.0.5-160000.1.1
    * AppStream-debugsource-1.0.5-160000.1.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (noarch)
    * AppStream-doc-1.0.5-160000.1.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
    * libappstream5-debuginfo-1.0.5-160000.1.1
    * AppStream-debuginfo-1.0.5-160000.1.1
    * libappstream5-1.0.5-160000.1.1
    * AppStream-debugsource-1.0.5-160000.1.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (noarch)
    * AppStream-doc-1.0.5-160000.1.1

## References:

  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1239941

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