Recommended update for file

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for file
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1665-1
Rating: low
References: #788435 #792428
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • 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 two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update fixes an issue where file(1) incorrectly
    detects ext2/3/4 filesystems as "minix" (bnc#788435).
    Additionally, the utility can now correctly identify XZ
    compressed archives (bnc#792428).

    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 Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-file-7134
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-file-7134
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-file-7134
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-file-7134

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • file-devel-4.24-43.23.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • file-4.24-43.23.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):
    • file-32bit-4.24-43.23.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • file-4.24-43.23.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • file-32bit-4.24-43.23.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
    • file-x86-4.24-43.23.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • file-4.24-43.23.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • file-32bit-4.24-43.23.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/788435
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/792428
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=2bb83630dc9e0d585ed112edd58b2460