Recommended update for gnome-session

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:0024-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gnome-session fixes the following issues:

  • Avoid a crash at startup if the values of environment variables are not valid UTF-8. (bsc#982938)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-11=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-11=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-11=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • gnome-session-default-session-3.10.1-8.3.6
    • gnome-session-core-3.10.1-8.3.6
    • gnome-session-debugsource-3.10.1-8.3.6
    • gnome-session-core-debuginfo-3.10.1-8.3.6
    • gnome-session-3.10.1-8.3.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • gnome-session-lang-3.10.1-8.3.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • gnome-session-default-session-3.10.1-8.3.6
    • gnome-session-core-3.10.1-8.3.6
    • gnome-session-debugsource-3.10.1-8.3.6
    • gnome-session-core-debuginfo-3.10.1-8.3.6
    • gnome-session-3.10.1-8.3.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • gnome-session-lang-3.10.1-8.3.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • gnome-session-default-session-3.10.1-8.3.6
    • gnome-session-core-3.10.1-8.3.6
    • gnome-session-debugsource-3.10.1-8.3.6
    • gnome-session-core-debuginfo-3.10.1-8.3.6
    • gnome-session-3.10.1-8.3.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • gnome-session-lang-3.10.1-8.3.6

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