Recommended update for yast2-core

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for yast2-core
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2014:1142-1
Rating: low
References: #854809
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • 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 yast2-core enables line buffering for parsing agent
    output. This fixes a case where certain configuration files (e.g.
    /etc/sudoers) could take over 10 minutes to parse if they contained single
    strings sized 100KB. (bnc#854809)

    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 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-yast2-core-9703
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-yast2-core-9703
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-yast2-core-9703
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-yast2-core-9703

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2.17.46]:
      • yast2-core-devel-2.17.46-0.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.17.46]:
      • yast2-core-2.17.46-0.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2.17.46]:
      • yast2-core-2.17.46-0.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.17.46]:
      • yast2-core-2.17.46-0.5.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/854809
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f93b910ea248f41aa04fb69c0412d034