SUSE-RU-2012:0770-1: Recommended update for man-pages

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for man-pages
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:0770-1
Rating:             low
References:         #470005 #742607 #753103 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
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   An update that has three recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:


   This update to man-pages improves the open(2) man page to
   describe in more  detail a race condition that can occur
   between the fork() system call and  direct I/O operations.


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 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-man-pages-6323

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-man-pages-6323

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-man-pages-6322

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-man-pages-6322

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-man-pages-6323

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-man-pages-6322

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (noarch):

      man-pages-3.15-2.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (noarch):

      man-pages-3.15-2.23.1

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

      man-pages-3.15-2.20.16.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (noarch):

      man-pages-3.15-2.20.16.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (noarch):

      man-pages-2.68-20.12.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (noarch):

      man-pages-3.15-2.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (noarch):

      man-pages-3.15-2.20.16.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (noarch):

      man-pages-2.68-20.12.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/470005
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/742607
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/753103
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=37fd814f91b89f9b806b6d0ed409127b
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=56c88758dc23e761de96db197f1987b0
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d692fe308e1dc0f2d5fca151bd9dfd5e