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<h1>Recommended update for open-vm-tools</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-RU-2024:1614-1</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<ul>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1054800">bsc#1054800</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062837">bsc#1062837</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1121964">bsc#1121964</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1133623">bsc#1133623</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141969">bsc#1141969</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1143452">bsc#1143452</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171003">bsc#1171003</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171764">bsc#1171764</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172693">bsc#1172693</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196803">bsc#1196803</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196804">bsc#1196804</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205962">bsc#1205962</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217478">bsc#1217478</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222089">bsc#1222089</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474076">bsc#474076</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481137">bsc#481137</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=944615">bsc#944615</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952645">bsc#952645</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=994598">bsc#994598</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/ECO-2164">jsc#ECO-2164</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24094">jsc#SLE-24094</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24095">jsc#SLE-24095</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24096">jsc#SLE-24096</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24097">jsc#SLE-24097</a>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5</li>
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<p>An update that contains five features and has 19 fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>Remove protobuf v22 and below as dependency from spec file (bsc#1217478)</li>
<li>Use for updating open-vm-tools to version 12.4.0 (bsc#1222089) </li>
<li>Use %patch -P N instead of deprecated %patchN</li>
<li>Own %{_modulesloaddir}: used to be present via udev-mini kmod suse-module-tools dependency before</li>
<li>limit to protobuf less than v22 for now until build failures have been fixed.
pam-vmtoolsd patch as instructed by vmware (bsc#1171003)
This should fix both (bsc#1171003) and (bsc#1172693)</li>
<li>Update vmtoolsd.service to support cloud-init customization by default (bsc#994598)</li>
<li>Enable vgauth for openSUSE Leap 42.1 (bsc#952645)</li>
<li>Extensive rewrite of the spec file</li>
<li>rename vmware-KMP to vmware-guest-KMP for easier identification
the autostart-wrapper takes this into account and tries for</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
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<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-1614=1</code>
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<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-1614=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-1614=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>libvmtools0-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>libvmtools0-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>libvmtools0-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>open-vm-tools-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
<li>libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.4.0-4.71.14</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1054800">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1054800</a>
</li>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062837">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062837</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1121964">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1121964</a>
</li>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1133623">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1133623</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141969">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141969</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1143452">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1143452</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171003">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171003</a>
</li>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171764">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171764</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172693">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172693</a>
</li>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196803">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196803</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196804">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196804</a>
</li>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205962">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205962</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217478">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217478</a>
</li>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222089">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222089</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474076">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474076</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481137">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481137</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=944615">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=944615</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952645">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952645</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=994598">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=994598</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/ECO-2164">https://jira.suse.com/browse/ECO-2164</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24094">https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24094</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24095">https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24095</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24096">https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24096</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24097">https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-24097</a>
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