We have updated patch on our server SP2 with patch date 2017-10-04. It is updated to the kernel version 4.4.90-92.45.1 which is released on 2017-10-25. How it is updated to the latest one even if we have provided the patch date as 2017-10-04. It should be the patch level released before 2017-10-04?
What command did you apply to your server to do the update?
Also, I presume this is SLES 12 SP2, as nothing else makes sense. You may
have specified that in the forum web UI, but I cannot tell from here.
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zypper patch --date 2017-10-04
yes, it is SLES12 SP2
On 12/12/17 06:24, bpquerries wrote:
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My understanding of the above is the same as yours, in that it should
not install patches on or after the date given.
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I’ve just set up a test server with SLES12 SP2 and can duplicate this.
Interestingly, on a freshly installed (and so unpatched) server at the
very beginning of “zypper patch --date 2017-04” it reports various
patches, including SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1786, as being issued
after the specified date … yet it still installed them.
Let me ask my SUSE contacts.
HTH.
Simon
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Hi, thanks for the response… will wait for your further updates
Hi Simon,
Do you have any update?
Regards
Vineesh
On 14/12/17 03:44, bpquerries wrote:
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Not this soon and given the holidays are, or will soon be, upon us I
don’t expect one so soon. Once I hear something back I will post an
update here.
HTH.
Simon
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And for completeness:
‘patch --date’ selects which patches get selected, not how they are applied.
A ‘patch’ is a meta-object conflicting with the affected/vulnerable versions of a set of packages. As long as any of these affected/vulnerable versions is installed, the conflict triggers and the patch is classified as needed. Selecting the patch, the conflict is resolved by updating all installed and affected/vulnerable packages mentioned in the patch.
When updating packages, zypper will always head for the latest version.
It behaves as expected.