SUSE-RU-2013:0644-1: moderate: Recommended update for glibc

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for glibc
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2013:0644-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #785041 #793146 #795129 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
                    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 three recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:


   This collective update for the GNU C library (glibc)
   provides the following  fixes and enhancements:

   * Fix nearbyintf() to avoid inexact exceptions when
   fractional arguments are used. (bnc#795129)
   * Make sure /var/run/nscd exists before starting nscd.
   (bnc#793146)
   * Avoid stack overflow in getaddrinfo() when host has
   many addresses. (bnc#785041)
   * Disable nscd host caching by default. (fate#313420)


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 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-glibc-7512

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-glibc-7512

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-glibc-7512

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-glibc-7512

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      glibc-html-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.45.45.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 i686 x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.45.45.1

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

      glibc-html-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      nscd-2.11.3-17.45.45.1

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

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 i686 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.45.45.1

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

      glibc-html-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-info-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-profile-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      nscd-2.11.3-17.45.45.1

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

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-profile-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):

      glibc-locale-x86-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-profile-x86-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-x86-2.11.3-17.45.45.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 i686 x86_64):

      glibc-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.45.45.1

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

      glibc-i18ndata-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-locale-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      nscd-2.11.3-17.45.45.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):

      glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-devel-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1
      glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.3-17.45.45.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/785041
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/793146
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/795129
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=65a25816f91d1bc5b5f83d8d949caa6b