SUSE-RU-2013:0723-1: moderate: Recommended update for gzip

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for gzip
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2013:0723-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #803219 
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 one recommended fix can now be installed.

Description:


   This update for GNU Zip (gzip) provides one fix:

   * When reading files from Hierarchical Storage
   Management systems in non-blocking mode, read() might fail
   with EAGAIN. In cases like this, gzip will now switch to
   blocking mode and try again.


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-gzip-7535

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-gzip-7535

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-gzip-7535

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


Package List:

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

      gzip-1.3.12-69.23.1

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

      gzip-1.3.12-69.23.1

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

      gzip-1.3.12-69.23.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/803219
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=6a062ae02ecdbb3ee7ff93eda4fea139