SUSE-RU-2026:21201-1: moderate: Recommended update for x3270

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# Recommended update for x3270

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2026:21201-1  
Release Date: 2026-04-16T08:15:42Z  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * jsc#PED-15247

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

  
  
An update that contains one feature can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for x3270 fixes the following issues:

  * Upgrade x3270 to version 4.5ga5:

    * 4.5ga5:
      * wc3270 now turns off Quick Edit mode at run-time, so it is no longer necessary to turn it off in the Console Properties.
      * The wc3270 OIA is the now same color (host color Blue) as the other emulators.
      * wc3270 now runs in a very limited way in a Windows Terminal window.
      * Mouse double-clicks in wc3270 are no longer confused by DBCS characters.
    * 4.5beta4:
      * PF keys 1 through 4 now work properly when running a curses-based application as a local process.
    * 4.5alpha3:
      * The X Inhibit state, which was never part of the behavior of a real 3270, has been removed.
      * The KeyboardLockDetail and ReplyMode queries have been added.
      * PrintText(html) has been enhanced to render APL underlined alphabetics accurately.
      * All APL characters are always returned to the host with a Graphic Escape (GE), regardless of the reply mode.
      * In a Read Modified reply sent to the host in character reply mode, extended field character set attributes are reported with a Set Attribute order.
      * Support for Ukrainian code pages (1123 and 1158) has been added.
      * c3270 support for 256-color terminals has been added.
      * c3270 fixed screen elements (menus, OIA) no longer use separate curses colors.
      * The c3270 CursesColorForProtectedIntensified, CursesColorForProtected, CursesColorForIntensified and CursesColorForDefault resources have been deprecated.
      * The program name is no longer duplicated in trace file headers.
      * APL characters are now displayed correctly by the emulators and returned correctly by Ascii1(), Ascii(), PrintText() and ReadBuffer() when they occur inside APL extended fields
      * Non-APL characters are no longer accepted as input in APL extended fields.
      * APL underlined alphabetic characters are now displayed correctly by all of the emulators and returned correctly by Ascii1(), Ascii(), PrintText() and ReadBuffer().
      * Untranslatable characters are no longer returned incorrectly by ReadBuffer(ascii).
      * Wrapped DBCS characters and the text that follows them are no longer displayed incorrectly by x3270.
      * A buffer overrun bug in processing the Set Reply Mode structured field has been fixed.
      * DBCS operator error state is now displayed in the OIA by c3270 and wc3270.
      * x3270 no longer corrupts the screen display when a DBCS character is replaced with an SBCS character by keyboard input.
      * The c3270 and wc3270 on-screen keypad is no longer corrupted when DBCS text is on the screen.
      * The EraseEOF() action no longer clears the character set extended attributes in a field when the emulator is in field or extended field reply mode.
    * 4.5alpha2:

      * The build system has been overhauled for Windows cross-compilation.
      * Trace messages now have category headings.
      * x3270if now builds on BSD-based systems.
      * The SOURCE_DATA_EPOCH environment variable is now supported correctly by the build process.
    * 4.5alpha1:

      * Support for DBCS code pages 933 (korean) and 1364 has been added.
      * PageUp() and PageDown() actions have been added, and NVT-mode behaviors have been added to Home() and FieldEnd().
      * A -nomargin option has been added to the PasteString(), Paste() and insert-selection() actions, to disable automatic margin wrapping for a single operation.
      * x3270 now supports background color.
    * Removed obsolete patches
    * Amended the .spec file (jsc#PED-15247)
    * Removed the update-desktop-files dependencies
    * Removed the 'x3270.desktop' file

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-568=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-568=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * x3270-debugsource-4.5-160000.1.1
    * x3270-4.5-160000.1.1
    * x3270-debuginfo-4.5-160000.1.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
    * x3270-debugsource-4.5-160000.1.1
    * x3270-4.5-160000.1.1
    * x3270-debuginfo-4.5-160000.1.1

## References:

  * https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-15247

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