Recommended update for glibc
SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for glibc
This collective update for the GNU C library (glibc)
provides the following fixes and enhancements:
* Fix nearbyintf() to avoid inexact exceptions when
fractional arguments are used. (bnc#795129)
* Make sure /var/run/nscd exists before starting nscd.
(bnc#793146)
* Avoid stack overflow in getaddrinfo() when host has
many addresses. (bnc#785041)
* Disable nscd host caching by default. (fate#313420)
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2013:0644-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #785041 #793146 #795129 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has three recommended fixes can now be installed.
Description:
This collective update for the GNU C library (glibc)
provides the following fixes and enhancements:
* Fix nearbyintf() to avoid inexact exceptions when
fractional arguments are used. (bnc#795129)
* Make sure /var/run/nscd exists before starting nscd.
(bnc#793146)
* Avoid stack overflow in getaddrinfo() when host has
many addresses. (bnc#785041)
* Disable nscd host caching by default. (fate#313420)
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-glibc-7512 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-glibc-7512 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-glibc-7512 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp2-glibc-7512
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
- glibc-html-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-info-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 i686 x86_64):
- glibc-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- glibc-html-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-info-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- nscd-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):
- glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- glibc-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- glibc-html-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-info-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- nscd-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
- glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-x86-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 i686 x86_64):
- glibc-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
- glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- nscd-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
- glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
- glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
References:
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/785041
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/793146
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/795129
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=65a25816f91d1bc5b5f83d8d949caa6b