To whom it may concern: The installation of the updates of the following package list causes a complete system failure: S | Repository | Name | Current Version | Available Version | Arch --+------------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+------- v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | device-mapper | 1.02.163-lp152.7.27.1 | 1.02.163-lp152.7.30.1 | x86_64 v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | glibc | 2.26-lp152.26.6.1 | 2.26-lp152.26.9.1 | x86_64 v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | glibc-32bit | 2.26-lp152.26.6.1 | 2.26-lp152.26.9.1 | x86_64 v | Aktualisierungs-Repository (Debug) | glibc-debuginfo | 2.26-lp152.26.6.1 | 2.26-lp152.26.9.1 | x86_64 v | Aktualisierungs-Repository (Debug) | glibc-debugsource | 2.26-lp152.26.6.1 | 2.26-lp152.26.9.1 | x86_64 v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | glibc-devel | 2.26-lp152.26.6.1 | 2.26-lp152.26.9.1 | x86_64 v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | glibc-devel-static | 2.26-lp152.26.6.1 | 2.26-lp152.26.9.1 | x86_64 v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | glibc-extra | 2.26-lp152.26.6.1 | 2.26-lp152.26.9.1 | x86_64 v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | glibc-info | 2.26-lp152.26.6.1 | 2.26-lp152.26.9.1 | noarch v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | glibc-locale | 2.26-lp152.26.6.1 | 2.26-lp152.26.9.1 | x86_64 v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | glibc-locale-base | 2.26-lp152.26.6.1 | 2.26-lp152.26.9.1 | x86_64 v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | grub2 | 2.04-lp152.7.28.1 | 2.04-lp152.7.31.3 | x86_64 v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | grub2-i386-pc | 2.04-lp152.7.28.1 | 2.04-lp152.7.31.3 | noarch v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | grub2-snapper-plugin | 2.04-lp152.7.28.1 | 2.04-lp152.7.31.3 | noarch v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin | 2.04-lp152.7.28.1 | 2.04-lp152.7.31.3 | noarch v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | grub2-x86_64-efi | 2.04-lp152.7.28.1 | 2.04-lp152.7.31.3 | noarch v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | libdevmapper-event1_03 | 1.02.163-lp152.7.27.1 | 1.02.163-lp152.7.30.1 | x86_64 v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | libdevmapper1_03 | 1.02.163-lp152.7.27.1 | 1.02.163-lp152.7.30.1 | x86_64 v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | libdevmapper1_03-32bit | 1.02.163-lp152.7.27.1 | 1.02.163-lp152.7.30.1 | x86_64 v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | liblvm2cmd2_03 | 2.03.05-lp152.7.27.1 | 2.03.05-lp152.7.30.1 | x86_64 v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | lvm2 | 2.03.05-lp152.7.27.1 | 2.03.05-lp152.7.30.1 | x86_64 v | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository | nscd | 2.26-lp152.26.6.1 | 2.26-lp152.26.9.1 | x86_64 There occurs the folllowing error-message: relocation error: /lib/librt.so.1: symbol --pthread_attr_copy, version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file libpthread.so.0 with link time reference Therefore I am quite sure, the system failure is caused either: 1) by a bug in the glibc-*packages (Version 2.26-lp152.26.9.1) or 2) by inconsistencies in the update system. I had to reinstall my opensuse 15.2 completely several times from an image of my linux system partition, until I could limit the reasons for the failure to these 2 possibilities (an expert may find some more). With best regards Sincerely yours Ch. Hartig