Recommended update for ksh

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for ksh
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0745-1
Rating: important
References: #704898 #753845 #759730 #765171
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
  • SLE SDK 10 SP4

  • An update that has four recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update to Korn Shell (ksh) resolves the following
    issues:

    * Restore the symbolic link /etc/ksh.kshrc which, in
    some specific circumstances, might have been removed by a
    previous update (bnc#759730)
    * Piping output to a pager under ksh may cause a hang
    on s390x (bnc#753845)
    * Add "close on execute" flag to file descriptors used
    for pipe handling to avoid warnings (bnc#704898)
    * Do not ignore backslashes/escapes for read built-in
    (bnc#765171).

    This update also includes fixes from the ksh93u+ upstream
    project released between Feb 14 and Feb 29 2012.

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-93u-0.15.1
    • ksh-devel-93u-0.15.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-93u-0.15.1
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-devel-93u-0.15.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/704898
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/753845
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/759730
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/765171
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=cee1a669d722c9bbbb288ccce8cca884