Recommended update for ctags

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for ctags
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2014:0374-1
Rating: low
References: #843674
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

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

    Description:


    This update for ctags fixes an issue that could result in
    the creation of corrupted TAGS files when running etags(1)
    on large source repositories.

    Special Instructions and Notes:

    Please reboot the system after installing this update.

    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 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-ctags-8942
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-ctags-8942
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-ctags-8942

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2013.10.2]:
    • ctags-2013.10.2-0.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2013.10.2]:
    • ctags-2013.10.2-0.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2013.10.2]:
    • ctags-2013.10.2-0.3.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/843674
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=37917aa51cabb8fbe022f844f4f49cdb