Recommended update for udev

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for udev
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:1903-1
Rating: low
References: #805059 #812050 #815263 #818146 #819331 #820574
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 6 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This collective update for udev provides the following
    fixes:

    * Add MSFT compatibility rules. (bnc#805059)
    * Drop memory/cpu hotplug rules for ppc/ppc64 arch.
    (bnc#818146)
    * Use device_new_from_id_filename. (bnc#819331)
    * Implement virtual function interface renaming.
    (bnc#812050)
    * Be more informative when renaming interfaces.
    (bnc#812050)
    * scsi_id: Export ID_SCSI_VPD and decode MD5
    identifiers. (bnc#820574)
    * path_id: Handle ATA/S-ATA devices if we are using
    libata. (bnc#815263)

    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-libgudev-1_0-0-8298
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libgudev-1_0-0-8298
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libgudev-1_0-0-8298
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libgudev-1_0-0-8298

    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):
    • libgudev-1_0-devel-147-0.69.71.1
    • libudev-devel-147-0.69.71.1
    • libudev0-147-0.69.71.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-147-0.69.71.1
    • libudev0-147-0.69.71.1
    • udev-147-0.69.71.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-32bit-147-0.69.71.1
    • libudev0-32bit-147-0.69.71.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-147-0.69.71.1
    • libudev0-147-0.69.71.1
    • udev-147-0.69.71.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-32bit-147-0.69.71.1
    • libudev0-32bit-147-0.69.71.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-x86-147-0.69.71.1
    • libudev0-x86-147-0.69.71.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-147-0.69.71.1
    • libudev0-147-0.69.71.1
    • udev-147-0.69.71.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-32bit-147-0.69.71.1
    • libudev0-32bit-147-0.69.71.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/805059
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/812050
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/815263
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/818146
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/819331
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/820574
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=769321642e129d158bbca485bbcb4a69