SUSE-RU-2012:1335-1: important: Recommended update for PostgreSQL

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for PostgreSQL
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:1335-1
Rating:             important
References:         #779927 #780978 
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. It includes one version update.

Description:


   This update provides PostgreSQL 8.3.21. The detailed list
   of changes can be  found here:

   http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-21.htm
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   <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-21.ht
   ml>

   This update contains the following changes:

   * Improve page-splitting decisions in GiST indexes.
   * Fix cascading privilege revoke to stop if privileges
   are still held.
   * Fix handling of SIGFPE when PL/Perl is in use.
   * Prevent PL/Perl from crashing if a recursive PL/Perl
   function is redefined while being executed.
   * Work around possible misoptimization in PL/Perl.

   In addition, the init script was changed to avoid that
   processes  (re-)starting PostgreSQL in a pipe or subshell
   don't hang (bnc#779927)


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-postgresql-201209-6876

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-postgresql-201209-6876

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-postgresql-201209-6876

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 8.3.21]:

      postgresql-8.3.21-0.4.1
      postgresql-contrib-8.3.21-0.4.1
      postgresql-docs-8.3.21-0.4.1
      postgresql-server-8.3.21-0.4.1

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

      postgresql-init-9.1-0.6.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 8.3.21]:

      postgresql-8.3.21-0.4.1
      postgresql-contrib-8.3.21-0.4.1
      postgresql-docs-8.3.21-0.4.1
      postgresql-server-8.3.21-0.4.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (noarch):

      postgresql-init-9.1-0.6.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 8.3.21]:

      postgresql-8.3.21-0.4.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (noarch):

      postgresql-init-9.1-0.6.14.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/779927
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/780978
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=e6b0fd56486f5f726f678eb5018eec19