Recommended update for yum

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:3065-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for yum provides the following fixes:

  • Make yum point to the correct path of rpmdb. (bsc#1104227, bsc#1104716)
  • Do not mark systemd service as config.
  • Do not install in sitearch as this is package is not platform specific.

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-2166=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (noarch)
    • python2-yum-3.4.3-5.5.1

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