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<h1>Recommended update for mksusecd</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-RU-2025:3915-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-11-03T09:56:58Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236781">bsc#1236781</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236828">bsc#1236828</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1239528">bsc#1239528</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1241374">bsc#1241374</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243075">bsc#1243075</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243125">bsc#1243125</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247230">bsc#1247230</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-13262">jsc#PED-13262</a>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">Development Tools Module 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6</li>
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<p>An update that contains one feature and has seven fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for mksusecd fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>update documentation</li>
<li>support applying ISO changes in DUDs (jsc#PED-13262) </li>
<li>minor suse blog corrections</li>
<li>add provides mkmedia to spec file</li>
<li>add --apply-dud option to apply DUDs directly to install media (jsc#PED-13262)</li>
<li>adjust package dependencies</li>
<li>update mkmedia man page</li>
<li>rename mksusecd (the tool, not the package) to mkmedia</li>
<li>add missing doc link</li>
<li>suse blog</li>
<li>mksusecd: add --initrd-config option</li>
<li>fix online and network image generation</li>
<li>fix rar unpacking function</li>
<li>verifymedia: report if data partition does not have a volume id (bsc#1247230)</li>
<li>also check dracut config for volume label (live root) (bsc#1247230)</li>
<li>mksusecd: do not default to creating a .signature file on rh style media</li>
<li>mksusecd man page update</li>
<li>prefix boot options with '-' to remove them</li>
<li>mksusecd: fix --micro and --nano image generation</li>
<li>s390x: boot options are now merged with parmfile content, not replacing it</li>
<li>add package requires: file, cpio</li>
<li>add mnt/umnt helper tools for easy initrd unpacking</li>
<li>add blog post to documentation</li>
<li>fix crypto setup</li>
<li>add --luks option to influence LUKS entrypted volume</li>
<li>initrd can be missing with '--pico' option</li>
<li>fix --add-entry for live / multi linux media (bsc#1243075)</li>
<li>create rh media in rh hybrid mode as default</li>
<li>doc update</li>
<li>add option to control efi image fs visibility</li>
<li>verifymedia: check also alternative grub config for live option</li>
<li>mksusecd: fix multi linux media signing (bsc#1243125)</li>
<li>several bug fixes (bsc#1243125)</li>
<li>add red hat/fedora media support to verifymedia (bsc#1241374)</li>
<li>adjust verifymedia to use new initrd unpacking code (bsc#1239528)</li>
<li>support dracut-style initrd (uncompressed cpio archive followed by compressed cpio archive) (bsc#1239528)</li>
<li>add missing perl-JSON dependency</li>
<li>rework signature test wording</li>
<li>change --ignore option to accept only one argument</li>
<li>add verifymedia tool to check SUSE media for technical correctness (bsc#1236828)</li>
<li>moved isohybrid into separate directory</li>
<li>add sligthly stripped down version of parti</li>
<li>do not require root permissions to unpack ISO images (bsc#1236828)</li>
<li>make a more determined attempt to create the UEFI boot image if it is missing (bsc#1236828)</li>
<li>s390x: re-create initrd.off if needed (bsc#1236781)</li>
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<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
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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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openSUSE Leap 15.6
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3915=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-3915=1</code>
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Development Tools Module 15-SP6
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP6-2025-3915=1</code>
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<h2>Package List:</h2>
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openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
<ul>
<li>mksusecd-4.2-150600.3.16.1</li>
<li>mksusecd-debuginfo-4.2-150600.3.16.1</li>
<li>mksusecd-debugsource-4.2-150600.3.16.1</li>
</ul>
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Development Tools Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>mksusecd-4.2-150600.3.16.1</li>
<li>mksusecd-debuginfo-4.2-150600.3.16.1</li>
<li>mksusecd-debugsource-4.2-150600.3.16.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
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<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236781">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236781</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236828">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236828</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1239528">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1239528</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1241374">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1241374</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243075">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243075</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243125">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243125</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247230">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247230</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-13262">https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-13262</a>
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