SUSE-RU-2013:0035-1: moderate: Recommended update for multipath-tools

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for multipath-tools
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2013:0035-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #746675 #770122 #771203 #771934 #776997 #777019 
                    #783184 
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 7 recommended fixes can now be installed.

Description:


   This collective update for multipath-tools provides the
   following fixes:

   * Add definition for HSV3[46]0 to
   multipath.conf.defaults (bnc#783184)
   * Fallback to old bindings file (bnc#776997)
   * Fix typos in documentation (bnc#777019)
   * New path selectors are missing from initrd scripts
   (bnc#771203)
   * Retry the DID_SOFT_ERROR for rdac checker commands
   (bnc#771934)
   * Do not trigger a map reload on priority updates
   (bnc#746675)
   * Document and deprecate async_timeout option
   (bnc#770122).

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-kpartx-7099

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-kpartx-7099

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-kpartx-7099

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


Package List:

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

      kpartx-0.4.9-0.68.1
      multipath-tools-0.4.9-0.68.1

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

      kpartx-0.4.9-0.68.1
      multipath-tools-0.4.9-0.68.1

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

      kpartx-0.4.9-0.68.1
      multipath-tools-0.4.9-0.68.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/746675
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/770122
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/771203
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/771934
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/776997
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/777019
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/783184
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=aded3dd4d90e2608b681d9fb0270b405