Recommended update for star

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:0042-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for star fixes the following issues:

  • Set extended attributes after chown(), as recent Linux kernels reset them with a chown() call. (bsc#1014065)
  • Flush the verbose file stream before checking for missing links. Prevents mixed output when the user redirects star's standard error to standard output and pipe it to tee(1). (bsc#935569)

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-SP1-2017-25=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-25=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-25=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-25=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-25=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-25=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-25=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-25=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • star-debuginfo-1.5final-71.1
    • star-1.5final-71.1
    • star-debugsource-1.5final-71.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • star-debuginfo-1.5final-71.1
    • star-1.5final-71.1
    • star-debugsource-1.5final-71.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • star-debuginfo-1.5final-71.1
    • star-1.5final-71.1
    • star-debugsource-1.5final-71.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • star-debuginfo-1.5final-71.1
    • star-1.5final-71.1
    • star-debugsource-1.5final-71.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • star-debuginfo-1.5final-71.1
    • star-1.5final-71.1
    • star-debugsource-1.5final-71.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • star-debuginfo-1.5final-71.1
    • star-1.5final-71.1
    • star-debugsource-1.5final-71.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • star-debuginfo-1.5final-71.1
    • star-1.5final-71.1
    • star-debugsource-1.5final-71.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • star-debuginfo-1.5final-71.1
    • star-1.5final-71.1
    • star-debugsource-1.5final-71.1

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