Recommended update for fonts-config

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:4230-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for fonts-config fixes the following issues:

  • Many font rendering fixes, specially for Chinese. (bsc#1101985)
  • Use noun phrasing and user-independent wording.
  • Support colorored emojis.
  • Modern fonts for symbols.
  • Add configurations for Noto Sans/Serif CJK.
  • Do not create fonts.dir and fonts.scale in encodings directory. (bsc#1106850)
  • Replace references to /var/adm/fillup-templates with new %_fillupdir macro. (bsc#1069468)
  • Comma and the rest of family string is ignored while translating preference lists from sysconfig to fontconfig snippets. (bsc#998300)

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-3032=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2018-3032=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-3032=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-3032=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-3032=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2018-3032=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2018-3032=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2018-3032=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • fonts-config-20180430-6.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 (noarch)
    • fonts-config-20180430-6.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • fonts-config-20180430-6.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • fonts-config-20180430-6.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • fonts-config-20180430-6.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 (noarch)
    • fonts-config-20180430-6.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 (noarch)
    • fonts-config-20180430-6.8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (noarch)
    • fonts-config-20180430-6.8.1

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