Recommended update for yast2-ncurses

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for yast2-ncurses
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0926-2
Rating: low
References: #605113 #724119 #737752 #758230
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
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    An update that has four recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes two new package versions.

    Description:


    This update to yast2-ncurses and yast2-ncurses-pkg enhances
    the NCurses text widget to interpret HTML elements inside
    "pre" tags, resolving the following issues:

    * Incorrect RichText tags behavior in ncurses (bnc
    #724119)
    * Don't display HTML tags in package licenses (bnc
    #605113, bnc #737752)
    * Don't display HTML tags in the Runlevel Editor info
    popup (bnc #758230).

    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 Software Development Kit 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-yast2-ncurses-6249
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-yast2-ncurses-6249
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-yast2-ncurses-6249
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sleposp1-yast2-ncurses-6249
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-yast2-ncurses-6249

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2.17.18.2]:
    • yast2-ncurses-devel-2.17.18.2-0.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.17.17.2 and 2.17.18.2]:
    • yast2-ncurses-2.17.18.2-0.3.1
    • yast2-ncurses-pkg-2.17.17.2-0.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2.17.17.2 and 2.17.18.2]:
    • yast2-ncurses-2.17.18.2-0.3.1
    • yast2-ncurses-pkg-2.17.17.2-0.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP1 (x86_64):
    • yast2-ncurses-2.17.18.2-0.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.17.17.2 and 2.17.18.2]:
    • yast2-ncurses-2.17.18.2-0.3.1
    • yast2-ncurses-pkg-2.17.17.2-0.3.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/605113
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/724119
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/737752
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/758230
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=c8969d5408dbeaa105e7ee13a4350442