SUSE-RU-2013:0008-1: Recommended update for RRDTool

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for RRDTool
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2013:0008-1
Rating:             low
References:         #787205 #793636 
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 two recommended fixes can now be
   installed. It includes one version update.

Description:


   This update provides rrdtool 1.4.7, which provides the
   following  improvements:

   *

   rrdcached: a RRD Caching Daemon can dramatically
   improve the "update" performance. The Cache Daemon
   intercepts rrdtool update calls, assembling multiple
   updates before writing them to the actual rrd file.

   *

   rrdtool dump/restore has been rewritten to use an
   incremental xml parser, which has the advantage that the
   memory consumption while restoring xml files is only
   slightly larger than the resulting rrd file.

   It also provides various improvements to graphing functions:

   * VDEF PERCENTNAN (a PRECENT that ignores NAN).
   * CDEF PREDICT and PREDICTSIGMA functions for
   on-the-fly data prediction without the need to modify
   existing rrd files as it is required for HoltWinters.
   * LibDBI integration provides a path to read data
   directly of a supported QL database into rrdtool graph.
   * graph legends can now be placed left, right or above
   the graph with the new --legend-direction and
   --legend-positon placement options.
   * new graph option --grid-dash on:off to configure the
   dash length in the grid painted over the graph.
   * new graph option --border to set the 3d border width.
   * draw different color markers (enable with
   --dynamic-labels) depending on the type of element in the
   graph.

Indications:

   Every interested user can update.

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-python-rrdtool-7177

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-python-rrdtool-7177

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-python-rrdtool-7177

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-python-rrdtool-7177

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.4.7]:

      python-rrdtool-1.4.7-0.4.1
      rrdtool-devel-1.4.7-0.4.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.4.7]:

      rrdtool-1.4.7-0.4.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.4.7]:

      rrdtool-1.4.7-0.4.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.4.7]:

      rrdtool-1.4.7-0.4.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/787205
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/793636
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=e5f1eb6e93309c630bd8047c17592b26