Recommended update for sg3_utils

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for sg3_utils
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2015:2006-1
Rating: moderate
References: #903329 #917011 #917049 #937821 #943817
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

  • An update that has 5 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:

    This update for sg3_utils provides the following fixes:

    - Fix rescan-scsi-bus.sh to check if temporary file exists before trying
    to remove it. Previously it could end up removing /dev/null. (bsc#917049)
    - Fix regular expression in rescan-scsi-bus.sh to not produce strings with
    white spaces. (bsc#943817)
    - Change rescan-scsi-bus.sh to set IPTYPE and IPQUAL on failure, fixing
    syntax errors later on. (bsc#903329)
    - Use udev-conformant character encoding in "sg_inq --export". (bsc#917011)
    - Add "Requires(post): coreutils" to spec file. (bsc#937821)

    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-sg3_utils-12213=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-sg3_utils-12213=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-sg3_utils-12213=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-sg3_utils-12213=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-sg3_utils-12213=1

    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):
      • sg3_utils-devel-1.35-0.19.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11-SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • sg3_utils-1.35-0.19.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • sg3_utils-1.35-0.19.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • sg3_utils-1.35-0.19.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • sg3_utils-debuginfo-1.35-0.19.1
      • sg3_utils-debugsource-1.35-0.19.1

    References: