openSUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for usb_modeswitch ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2015:1368-1 Rating: moderate References: #903753 Affected Products: openSUSE 13.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed. Description: This recommended update for usb_modeswitch fixes the following issues: - new upstream version 2.2.0 * Introduction of parameter "HuaweiNewMode", wrapping the standard bulk message for all newer Huawei devices; support for generic fall-back config files, combined with OS switch (per vendor ID), implementation to use a specific switching command on Android for all Huawei devices (see README of data package for details); this change was suggested by Huawei - removed patch obsolete huawei-timing.patch to fix (boo#903753) - add usb_modeswitch-fix_fsf_address.patch * Update FSF address. - Update to version 2.2.1 * Fixed unreliable switching function for Cisco AM10 - Update the data package to version 20150115 - Update device_reference.txt - use pkgconfig to detect udev install directory to avoid problems during bootstrap - Removed unused usb_modeswitch-data.rpmlintrc - Removed changelog from documentation - Cleaned up specfile - Update to version 2.2.5 * Fixed bug in configuration check, possibly leading to segfault (thanks, Leonid Lisovskiy); * fixed Pantech commandline parameter evaluation (was not working at all); * added driver unbind step via sysfs in wrapper, getting rid of the USB subsystem complaint "interface 0 claimed by usb-storage while 'usb_modeswitch' <does this and that>" - Update to version 2.2.4 * Fixed buggy check of USB configuration selection (possibly leading to segfault), tested with Alcatel X602D; * removed call to 'libusb_strerror' from libusb initialization - not available in earlier libusb1 versions - Update to version 2.2.3 * Fixed problem arising with systemd version 221 (220 untested), which affects starting the usb_modeswitch systemd unit from the sh script (reported by Archlinux users) - Update to version 2.2.2, 2015/06/27 * Added catch for libusb init error (thanks, Henrik Gustafsson); * removed global function result variable; added catch for USB configuration read error (both thanks to "otila"); * fixed wrapper script where port search for symlinking modem port was broken ("/dev/gsmmodem"); * changed PantechMode parameter to represent different targets; * added global config option to disable MBIM checking and setting alltogether (request from "kai"); * changed udev sh script so that systemd processing takes precedence over upstart; * changed systemd template unit parameter to avoid escaping problems - Update the data package to version 20150627 - Update the package in openSUSE 13.2 to the devel version fix handling of Huawei devices (bsc#903753). - Add usb_modeswitch-ansification.patch to provide proper prototypes and thus discover calls where an argument was needlessly passed. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 13.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-539=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64): usb_modeswitch-2.2.5-2.5.1 usb_modeswitch-debuginfo-2.2.5-2.5.1 usb_modeswitch-debugsource-2.2.5-2.5.1 - openSUSE 13.2 (noarch): usb_modeswitch-data-2.2.5-2.5.1 References: https://bugzilla.suse.com/903753