Recommended update for gzip
SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for gzip
This update for GNU Zip (gzip) provides one fix:
* When reading files from Hierarchical Storage
Management systems in non-blocking mode, read() might fail
with EAGAIN. In cases like this, gzip will now switch to
blocking mode and try again.
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2013:0723-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #803219 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.
Description:
This update for GNU Zip (gzip) provides one fix:
* When reading files from Hierarchical Storage
Management systems in non-blocking mode, read() might fail
with EAGAIN. In cases like this, gzip will now switch to
blocking mode and try again.
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-gzip-7535 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-gzip-7535 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp2-gzip-7535
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- gzip-1.3.12-69.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- gzip-1.3.12-69.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
- gzip-1.3.12-69.23.1
References:
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/803219
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=6a062ae02ecdbb3ee7ff93eda4fea139