Recommended update for mlocate

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:0727-1
Rating: low
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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 four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for mlocate provides the following fixes:

  • Update the umask also in su section where it could be nulled. (bsc#1019440)
  • Adjust updatedb.conf to no longer skip indexing of bind mounts. (bsc#994663)
  • Exit with error code 1 when updatedb is not executable.
  • Add more file systems to exclude in updatedb.conf.
  • Specify umask to allow user to redefine the value in login.defs. (bsc#941296)
  • Remove references to the "locate" group that was obsoleted. (bsc#902588)

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-SP1-2017-403=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-403=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-403=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-403=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-403=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-403=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-403=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-403=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • mlocate-debugsource-0.26-12.1
    • mlocate-debuginfo-0.26-12.1
    • mlocate-0.26-12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • mlocate-debugsource-0.26-12.1
    • mlocate-debuginfo-0.26-12.1
    • mlocate-0.26-12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • mlocate-debugsource-0.26-12.1
    • mlocate-debuginfo-0.26-12.1
    • mlocate-0.26-12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • mlocate-debugsource-0.26-12.1
    • mlocate-debuginfo-0.26-12.1
    • mlocate-0.26-12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • mlocate-debugsource-0.26-12.1
    • mlocate-debuginfo-0.26-12.1
    • mlocate-0.26-12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • mlocate-debugsource-0.26-12.1
    • mlocate-debuginfo-0.26-12.1
    • mlocate-0.26-12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • mlocate-debugsource-0.26-12.1
    • mlocate-debuginfo-0.26-12.1
    • mlocate-0.26-12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • mlocate-debugsource-0.26-12.1
    • mlocate-debuginfo-0.26-12.1
    • mlocate-0.26-12.1

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