SUSE-RU-2012:0566-1: important: Recommended update for parted

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for parted
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:0566-1
Rating:             important
References:         #696366 #754278 #756019 #757225 #757433 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
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   An update that has 5 recommended fixes can now be installed.

Description:


   This update to parted resolves the following issues:

   * Allow resizing ReiserFS partitions up to the end of
   the disk (bnc#696366)
   * On the s390x architecture, parted may crash with a
   segmentation fault because of an overflow in an error
   buffer (bnc#756019)
   * On servers that use the cciss SCSI controller, parted
   may fail to create partitions or to re-read the partition
   table (bnc#757225, bnc#757433, bnc#754278).

Indications:

   Required partition could not be created
Contraindications:


   Indications:

   Required partition could not be created

Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-parted-6209

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-parted-6209

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-parted-6209

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-parted-6209

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      parted-devel-1.8.8-102.27.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      parted-1.8.8-102.27.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (x86_64):

      parted-32bit-1.8.8-102.27.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      parted-1.8.8-102.27.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      parted-32bit-1.8.8-102.27.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ia64):

      parted-x86-1.8.8-102.27.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

      parted-1.8.8-102.27.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (x86_64):

      parted-32bit-1.8.8-102.27.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/696366
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/754278
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/756019
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/757225
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/757433
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a6d71f1482211bb45cf7002ed86ba067