Recommended update for sysconfig
SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for sysconfig
This update for sysconfig provides the following fixes and
improvements:
* Use dhclient6 in dhcp6_client state variable
* Correctly apply STP constrains also to float time
values with a 1/100 sec precision
* Update bridge documentation link in ifcfg-bridge.5
* Do not report failure while setting unsupported power
management option in ifup-wireless
* Check and reject too long interface names or names
with suspect characters
* Do not wait when creation of virtual interface name
fails
* Do not start dhcp clients too early or they may be
unable to send packets
* Load af_packet module early and wait for link ready
* Check before running a script in netcontrol_services
* Allow suffixes in ETHTOOL_OPTIONS variable to apply
settings separately
* Add ETHTOOL_UP_RETRY and ETHTOOL_UP_WAIT variables to
wait until the link has been set up
* Updated ifcfg(5) man page
* Do not mount file systems with the noauto flag set
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2013:0252-1 |
| Rating: | low |
| References: | #716652 #753387 #775281 #780644 #784952 #787744 #791553 #794720 #798641 #798828 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has 10 recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes one version update.
Description:
This update for sysconfig provides the following fixes and
improvements:
* Use dhclient6 in dhcp6_client state variable
* Correctly apply STP constrains also to float time
values with a 1/100 sec precision
* Update bridge documentation link in ifcfg-bridge.5
* Do not report failure while setting unsupported power
management option in ifup-wireless
* Check and reject too long interface names or names
with suspect characters
* Do not wait when creation of virtual interface name
fails
* Do not start dhcp clients too early or they may be
unable to send packets
* Load af_packet module early and wait for link ready
* Check before running a script in netcontrol_services
* Allow suffixes in ETHTOOL_OPTIONS variable to apply
settings separately
* Add ETHTOOL_UP_RETRY and ETHTOOL_UP_WAIT variables to
wait until the link has been set up
* Updated ifcfg(5) man page
* Do not mount file systems with the noauto flag set
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-sysconfig-7291 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-sysconfig-7291 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp2-sysconfig-7291
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.71.48]:
- sysconfig-0.71.48-0.7.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 0.71.48]:
- sysconfig-0.71.48-0.7.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.71.48]:
- sysconfig-0.71.48-0.7.1
References:
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/716652
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/753387
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/775281
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/780644
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/784952
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/787744
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/791553
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/794720
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/798641
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/798828
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=1ce136506e19a206a1646d3b669a8ccd