SUSE-RU-2012:1577-1: Recommended update for procps

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for procps
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:1577-1
Rating:             low
References:         #786140 #786272 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that has two recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:


   This update for procps resolves the following issues:

   * Fix a problem in vmstat that prevented it from
   reading partition specific statistics from /proc/diskstats
   * Fix slabtop option for displaying output only once.


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-procps-7008

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-procps-7008

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-procps-7008

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      procps-3.2.7-151.26.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      procps-3.2.7-151.26.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      procps-3.2.7-151.26.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/786140
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/786272
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=52125e02a2d25405b9c47430618ec3f8