Recommended update for procps

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for procps
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1577-1
Rating: low
References: #786140 #786272
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 for procps resolves the following issues:

    * Fix a problem in vmstat that prevented it from
    reading partition specific statistics from /proc/diskstats
    * Fix slabtop option for displaying output only once.

    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-procps-7008
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-procps-7008
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-procps-7008

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • procps-3.2.7-151.26.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • procps-3.2.7-151.26.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • procps-3.2.7-151.26.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/786140
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/786272
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=52125e02a2d25405b9c47430618ec3f8