Recommended update for ncurses

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for ncurses
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:3364-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1158586 #1159162
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0

An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ncurses fixes the following issues:

  • Work around a bug of old upstream gen-pkgconfig (bsc#1159162)
  • Remove doubled library path options (bsc#1159162)
  • Also remove private requirements as (lib)tinfo are binary compatible with normal and wide version of (lib)ncurses (bsc#1158586, bsc#1159162)
  • Fix last change, that is add missed library linker paths as well as missed include directories for none standard paths (bsc#1158586, bsc#1159162)
  • Do not mix include directories of different ncurses ABI (bsc#1158586)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Recommended Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2019-3364=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-3364=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2019-3364=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-3364=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-3364=1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0:
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-devel-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-devel-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • libncurses5-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses6-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-devel-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-utils-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • tack-5.9-72.1
    • tack-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • terminfo-5.9-72.1
    • terminfo-base-5.9-72.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (s390x x86_64):
    • libncurses5-32bit-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses6-32bit-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-72.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • libncurses5-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses6-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-devel-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-utils-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • tack-5.9-72.1
    • tack-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • terminfo-5.9-72.1
    • terminfo-base-5.9-72.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (s390x x86_64):
    • libncurses5-32bit-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses6-32bit-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-devel-32bit-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-72.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 (x86_64):
    • libncurses5-32bit-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses5-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses6-32bit-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses6-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-32bit-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-devel-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-devel-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-utils-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • tack-5.9-72.1
    • tack-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • terminfo-5.9-72.1
    • terminfo-base-5.9-72.1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 (x86_64):
    • libncurses5-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses5-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses6-5.9-72.1
    • libncurses6-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-debugsource-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-utils-5.9-72.1
    • ncurses-utils-debuginfo-5.9-72.1
    • terminfo-5.9-72.1
    • terminfo-base-5.9-72.1

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