Recommended update for atftp

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for atftp
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1243-1
Rating: moderate
References: #774376
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
  • SLE SDK 10 SP4

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

    Description:


    This update for atftp provides the following fix:

    * 774376: The previous update that enabled RFC
    conforming behavior for the "sorcerer's apprentice
    syndrome" situation caused timeouts for customers. This
    update reverts to the old, RFC incompatible behavior by
    default and adds a configuration option to enable the RFC
    behavior again upon request.

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
    • atftp-0.7.0-1.26.1
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
    • atftp-0.7.0-1.26.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/774376
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=bcdd476101226864b57e810965f27285