Recommended update for grep

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for grep
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1674-1
Rating: low
References: #774868
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 one recommended fix can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for the grep utility resolves a problem that
    could have make it show the same error message in an
    endless loop after receiving an EPIPE error if the SIGPIPE
    signal was blocked.

    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-grep-7164
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-grep-7164
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-grep-7164

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • grep-2.7-5.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • grep-2.7-5.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • grep-2.7-5.7.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/774868
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a910be879bb7813ef7861e15e463aff9