Recommended update for sysvinit

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:1547-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for sysvinit provides the following fixes:

  • Update showconsole to 1.16 to fix sysvinit service shutdown messages missing from /var/log/boot.omsg. (bsc#1087176)
  • Change showconsole to use newest /proc/tty/consoles API.
  • Use /proc/tty/consoles if ioctl TIOCGDEV does not exist.
  • Make pseudo terminal raw as it does not show anything.
  • Handle more than two console devices.
  • Speed up used pts/tty pair by enabling raw mode.
  • Implement termios locking scheme but disable it as it may interfere with sulogin and others using the old console.
  • Enable full raw mode for pty/tty pairs of startpar.

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 Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-sysvinit-13640=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-sysvinit-13640=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • sysvinit-2.86-221.3.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • sysvinit-2.86-221.3.1

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