Recommended update for perl-Bootloader

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for perl-Bootloader
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0944-1
Rating: low
References: #750182 #757565 #760464 #765663
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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    An update that has four recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update to perl-Bootloader includes the following
    improvements and fixes:

    * Improves dmraid parsing, fixing an issue where
    installing a kernel update on a system with many discs
    could take up to several hours (bnc#750182)
    * Makes the dependency on the Perl module Pod::Usage
    optional (bnc#760464)
    * Fix parsing of product files (bnc#757565)
    * Fix disambiguation of section entry names
    (bnc#765663).

    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-perl-Bootloader-6531
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-perl-Bootloader-6531
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-perl-Bootloader-6531

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.4.89.42]:
    • perl-Bootloader-0.4.89.42-0.6.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 0.4.89.42]:
    • perl-Bootloader-0.4.89.42-0.6.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.4.89.42]:
    • perl-Bootloader-0.4.89.42-0.6.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/750182
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/757565
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/760464
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/765663
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=6a24dddfff4bbaa4714111cd4cc8b0ba