Recommended update for sysvinit

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for sysvinit
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1008-1
Rating: moderate
References: #757643
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

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

    Description:


    This update to sysvinit increases the daemon detection time
    in startproc to give started processes enough time to
    detach from the controlling terminal and run in background.

    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 SP1 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-sysvinit-6666
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-sysvinit-6666
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-sysvinit-6666

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • sysvinit-2.86-208.206.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • sysvinit-2.86-208.206.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
    • sysvinit-2.86-208.206.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/757643
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=eb236d2364436a8c6fbee28444e9bf56