Recommended update for sysvinit

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for sysvinit
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1022-1
Rating: moderate
References: #757643 #772055
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that has two recommended fixes 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.

    Additionally, the update fixes blogd to be more compatible
    with the new glibc internal threads API, avoiding warnings
    at boot time.

    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-sysvinit-6667
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-sysvinit-6667
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-sysvinit-6667

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • sysvinit-2.86-215.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • sysvinit-2.86-215.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • sysvinit-2.86-215.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/757643
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/772055
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=e2c32da92b0f100d5d6d66209c69023d