Recommended update for cron

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for cron
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2014:1026-1
Rating: moderate
References: #853010 #879734
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 two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for cron provides the following fixes:

    * Fix wrong mtime when re-running cron scripts. (bnc#879734)
    * Fix ambiguity in the crontab(5) man page. (bnc#853010)

    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-cron-9586
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-cron-9586
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-cron-9586

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • cron-4.1-194.209.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • cron-4.1-194.209.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • cron-4.1-194.209.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/853010
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/879734
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=639829d13e45548d472c95f7f6a514a3