Recommended update for ksh

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for ksh
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:0703-2
Rating: low
References: #790315 #795324 #803613 #804998 #808956
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
  • SLE SDK 10 SP4

  • An update that has 5 recommended fixes can now be installed. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update to Korn Shell 93u+ provides fixes for many
    issues, including:

    * Fix segmentation fault on typeset on ENV variable.
    (bnc#803613)
    * Do not free data which is used later on in the hash
    tree of reloaded shell functions. (bnc#795324)
    * Make sure that tty is closed even if an interrupt
    arrived during close. (bnc#790315)
    * Fix truncation of variables when TMOUT is used.
    (bnc#808956)
    * Fix syntax error on command substitution in
    here-document. (bnc#804998)
    * Make Shift_JIS patch more reliable as requested by
    upstream.

    For a comprehensive list of fixes please refer to the
    package's change log.

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-93u-0.23.1
    • ksh-devel-93u-0.23.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-93u-0.23.1
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64) [New Version: 93u]:
    • ksh-devel-93u-0.23.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/790315
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/795324
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/803613
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/804998
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/808956
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=13c399253f32248b19bf0257b8c5b162