SUSE-RU-2013:0002-1: moderate: Recommended update for cron

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for cron
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2013:0002-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #775460 #790933 
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 cron provides the following fixes:

   * cron.daily with DAILY_TIME between 23:46 and 23:59
   does not run reliably
   * cron doesn't reload system crontabs.

Contraindications:



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-cron-7160

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-cron-7160

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-cron-7160

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


Package List:

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

      cron-4.1-194.205.1

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

      cron-4.1-194.205.1

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

      cron-4.1-194.205.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/775460
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/790933
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=1f01757673cf8397e0992a462ab2f6fa