Recommended update for fonts-config

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:1631-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that has six fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for fonts-config fixes the following issues:

  • Update version from 20160921 to version 20200609+git0.42e2b1b
  • Check if it's required to use some default settings in /etc/sysconfig/fonts-config. (bsc#1172022)
  • Add variable to allow fonts-config to update default settings
  • Fix en-US, en-GB font matching.
  • Allow non-ASCII letters in font names. (bsc#1049056, bsc#1101985).
  • Update subpixel rendering config
  • Fix misspelling in configuration file. (bsc#1111791)
  • Fix wrong visualization for special characters and numbers. (bsc#1092737)
  • Support color emoji
  • Modern fonts for symbol
  • Add configurations for Noto Sans/Serif CJK
  • No longer create encodings.dir in /usr/share/fonts/encodings/ (bsc#1106850)

Patch Instructions:

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

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-1631=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-1631=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-1631=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-1631=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-1631=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-1631=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (noarch)
    • fonts-config-20200609+git0.42e2b1b-4.7.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • fonts-config-20200609+git0.42e2b1b-4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (noarch)
    • fonts-config-20200609+git0.42e2b1b-4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (noarch)
    • fonts-config-20200609+git0.42e2b1b-4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (noarch)
    • fonts-config-20200609+git0.42e2b1b-4.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (noarch)
    • fonts-config-20200609+git0.42e2b1b-4.7.1

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