SUSE-RU-2012:0093-1: important: Recommended update for tar

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for tar
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:0093-1
Rating:             important
References:         #737331 
Affected Products:
                    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 one recommended fix can now be
   installed. It includes one version update.

Description:


   The previous update of tar caused accessing files that are
   offline (where  non-blocking read fails with EAGAIN) to be
   no longer archived. This update  reverts the change to
   non-blocking mode, which avoids this issue.


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 Server 11 SP1 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-tar-5589

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-tar-5589

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-tar-5589

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.26]:

      tar-1.26-1.2.4.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.26]:

      tar-1.26-1.2.4.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.26]:

      tar-1.26-1.2.4.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/737331
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=fb4280d41207a8c11cf828c8586a036c