Recommended update for procps

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for procps
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0638-1
Rating: moderate
References: #752418
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for procps resolves an issue that prevented
    pmap from working with recent Linux Kernel versions.

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-procps-6254
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-procps-6254
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-procps-6254

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • procps-3.2.7-151.22.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • procps-3.2.7-151.22.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • procps-3.2.7-151.22.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/752418
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=acea56b0ae933383af99265d02141f66