Recommended update for rsync

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for rsync
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0846-1
Rating: low
References: #753035 #766313
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

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

    Description:


    This collective update for rsync provides the following
    fixes:

    * Fix crash on Z_BUF_ERROR in see_deflate_token
    (bnc#753035)
    * call localtime() once before chroot to initialize
    time zone (bnc#766313)

    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:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-rsync-6479
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-rsync-6479
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-rsync-6479
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-rsync-6479
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-rsync-6479

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • rsync-3.0.4-2.40.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • rsync-3.0.4-2.40.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • rsync-3.0.4-2.40.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • rsync-3.0.4-2.40.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
    • rsync-3.0.4-2.40.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/753035
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/766313
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=12d5879c7f3c3928d5fa5e416b960deb