Recommended update for xinit

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for xinit
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:1763-1
Rating: moderate
References: #921172 #973559 #981437
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

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

    Description:


    This update for xinit fixes the following issues:

    - xinitrc.common: Run numbered scripts sequentially. All non-numbered
    scripts will still be run in background to avoid stalling on
    non-daemonizing 'services' (bsc#973559)
    - xinitrc.common: Remove "$" from error message, increase timeout
    - xinitrc.common: Don't expand $WINDOWMANAGER (bsc#981437, bsc#921172)
    - xinitrc.common: Accept more WMs as fallbacks and make fallback errors
    more descriptive

    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 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1036=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-1036=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1036=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-1036=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • xinit-1.3.3-9.1
      • xinit-debuginfo-1.3.3-9.1
      • xinit-debugsource-1.3.3-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • xinit-1.3.3-9.1
      • xinit-debuginfo-1.3.3-9.1
      • xinit-debugsource-1.3.3-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):
      • xinit-1.3.3-9.1
      • xinit-debuginfo-1.3.3-9.1
      • xinit-debugsource-1.3.3-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • xinit-1.3.3-9.1
      • xinit-debuginfo-1.3.3-9.1
      • xinit-debugsource-1.3.3-9.1

    References: