Recommended update for man

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:0788-1
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 three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for man provides the following fixes:

  • Stop using the wrapper that squashed root privileges down to uid man. (bsc#986211, bsc#1025597)
  • Add description of MAN_POSIXLY_CORRECT in man.man1. (bsc#786679)

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-SP1-2017-445=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-445=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-445=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-445=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-445=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-445=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-445=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-445=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • man-debuginfo-2.6.6-3.1
    • man-2.6.6-3.1
    • man-debugsource-2.6.6-3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • man-debuginfo-2.6.6-3.1
    • man-2.6.6-3.1
    • man-debugsource-2.6.6-3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • man-debuginfo-2.6.6-3.1
    • man-2.6.6-3.1
    • man-debugsource-2.6.6-3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • man-debuginfo-2.6.6-3.1
    • man-2.6.6-3.1
    • man-debugsource-2.6.6-3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • man-debuginfo-2.6.6-3.1
    • man-2.6.6-3.1
    • man-debugsource-2.6.6-3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • man-debuginfo-2.6.6-3.1
    • man-2.6.6-3.1
    • man-debugsource-2.6.6-3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • man-debuginfo-2.6.6-3.1
    • man-2.6.6-3.1
    • man-debugsource-2.6.6-3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • man-debuginfo-2.6.6-3.1
    • man-2.6.6-3.1
    • man-debugsource-2.6.6-3.1

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