Recommended update for procps

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for procps
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2014:1332-1
Rating: low
References: #863990
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.

    Description:


    This update for procps fixes the following issues:

    * Shared memory value in command free(1) is always zero. (bnc#863990)

    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-procps-9891
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-procps-9891
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-procps-9891

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • procps-3.2.7-151.28.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • procps-3.2.7-151.28.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • procps-3.2.7-151.28.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863990
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=c58bf6e39c0b6fcbed5f888aa218eb3f