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<h1>Recommended update for mdadm</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-RU-2025:21125-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-11-27T15:46:48Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1207266">bsc#1207266</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229997">bsc#1229997</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1241474">bsc#1241474</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243443">bsc#1243443</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246806">bsc#1246806</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248097">bsc#1248097</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253060">bsc#1253060</a>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Micro 6.2</li>
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<p>An update that has seven fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for mdadm fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>Version update 4.4+29.gf8bb524b.</li>
<li>Fix race condition between mdcheck_start.service and mdcheck_continue.service
(bsc#1243443, bsc#1248097).</li>
<li>mdadm_env.sh ignoring MDADM_RAIDDEVICES if MDADM_SCAN is set (bsc#1229997).</li>
<li>Split off the Software RAID HOWTO into a -doc package.</li>
<li>Upstream bug fixes for mdadm (bsc#1253060).</li>
<li>_service: switch to tar_scm for better interoperabity with SLFO.</li>
<li>Fix systemd unit file handling in spec file (bnc#1207266).</li>
<li>Stop emitting %release into program binaries (bnc#1246806).</li>
<li>Add MAILFROM address to email envelope, avoid smtp auth errors (bsc#1241474).</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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SUSE Linux Micro 6.2
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SL-Micro-6.2-73=1</code>
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<h2>Package List:</h2>
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SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (ppc64le)
<ul>
<li>mdadm-4.4+29.gf8bb524b-160000.1.1</li>
<li>mdadm-debugsource-4.4+29.gf8bb524b-160000.1.1</li>
<li>mdadm-debuginfo-4.4+29.gf8bb524b-160000.1.1</li>
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<h2>References:</h2>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1207266">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1207266</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229997">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229997</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1241474">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1241474</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243443">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243443</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246806">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246806</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248097">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248097</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253060">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253060</a>
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