openSUSE Recommended Update: update for python-virtinst, virt-manager ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2012:0357-1 Rating: moderate References: #732617 Affected Products: openSUSE 12.1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed. Description: Changes in virt-manager: - 732617 - virt-manager does not start when python-virtinst is installed - Remove the virt-install sources from the virt-manager package. The virt-install applications are now found in python-virtinst. - Update to virt-manager 0.9.1 * Support for adding usb redirection devices (Marc-André Lureau) * Option to switch usb controller to support usb2.0 (Marc-André Lureau) * Option to specify machine type for non-x86 guests (Li Zhang) * Support for filesystem device type and write policy (Deepak C Shetty) * Many bug fixes! - Update to virtinst 0.600.1 * virt-install: --redir option for usb redirection (Marc-André Lureau) * virt-install: Advanced --controller support for usb2 (Marc-André Lureau) * Many bug fixes and minor improvments. Changes in python-virtinst: - Update to virtinst 0.600.1 * virt-install: --redir option for usb redirection (Marc-André Lureau) * virt-install: Advanced --controller support for usb2 (Marc-André Lureau) * Many bug fixes and minor improvments. - Include patches from the virtinst contained in the virt-manager package. - Update to upstream git version for various bug fixes virtinst: 15d4901a3c8b855838931976e023158b8cda1c37 - Compatibility update to virtinst 0.600.0 for virt-manager in os12.1 * virt-install: Various improvements to enable LXC/container guests: * New --filesystem option for <filesystem> devices * New --init option for container <init> path * New --container option (similar to --paravirt or --hvm) * virt-install: Make --location remotely (with latest libvirt) * virt-install: New --smartcard option for <smartcard> devices * (Marc-André Lureau) * virt-install: New --numatune option for building guest <numatune> XML * virt-install: option to set --disk error_policy= * virt-install: option to set --disk serial= Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 12.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-157 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64): python-virtinst-0.600.1-4.3.1 virt-manager-0.9.1-5.6.1 References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/732617