Recommended update for emacs

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:3400-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 Business Critical Linux 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for emacs fixes the following issues:

  • Fixed an issue when emacs hangs in isearch. (bsc#1178942)
  • Fix for a possible segmentation fault in case of stack overflow of etags. (bsc#1180353)

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-3400=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-3400=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2021-3400=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP3-2021-3400=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • emacs-nox-25.3-3.9.2
    • emacs-25.3-3.9.2
    • emacs-nox-debuginfo-25.3-3.9.2
    • etags-25.3-3.9.2
    • emacs-debuginfo-25.3-3.9.2
    • emacs-debugsource-25.3-3.9.2
    • etags-debuginfo-25.3-3.9.2
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • emacs-info-25.3-3.9.2
    • emacs-el-25.3-3.9.2
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • emacs-nox-25.3-3.9.2
    • emacs-25.3-3.9.2
    • emacs-nox-debuginfo-25.3-3.9.2
    • etags-25.3-3.9.2
    • emacs-debuginfo-25.3-3.9.2
    • emacs-debugsource-25.3-3.9.2
    • etags-debuginfo-25.3-3.9.2
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (noarch)
    • emacs-info-25.3-3.9.2
    • emacs-el-25.3-3.9.2
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • emacs-x11-debuginfo-25.3-3.9.2
    • emacs-x11-25.3-3.9.2
    • emacs-debuginfo-25.3-3.9.2
    • emacs-debugsource-25.3-3.9.2
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • emacs-x11-debuginfo-25.3-3.9.2
    • emacs-x11-25.3-3.9.2
    • emacs-debuginfo-25.3-3.9.2
    • emacs-debugsource-25.3-3.9.2

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