Recommended update for cron

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for cron
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:0755-1
Rating: low
References: #775460
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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    An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for cron prevents unnecessary reloads of
    unchanged files from /etc/cron.d/.

    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-cron-7586
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-cron-7586
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-cron-7586

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • cron-4.1-194.207.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • cron-4.1-194.207.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • cron-4.1-194.207.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/775460
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=783436f64e9ba5de43c9f3ef625eee9a