Recommended update for hwinfo

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for hwinfo
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:0472-1
Rating: low
References: #544269 #791200 #793928
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

  • An update that has three recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update for hwinfo fixes the kernel log parser to
    correctly read time stamps prefixed to each logged line
    and adds support to a new model of fingerprint reader.

    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-hwinfo-7399
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-hwinfo-7399
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-hwinfo-7399
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-hwinfo-7399

    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) [New Version: 15.48]:
    • hwinfo-devel-15.48-0.6.6.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 15.48]:
    • hwinfo-15.48-0.6.6.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 15.48]:
    • hwinfo-15.48-0.6.6.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 15.48]:
    • hwinfo-15.48-0.6.6.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/544269
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/791200
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/793928
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=94525b55acc5f9c82833557edf9eb12b