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<h1>Recommended update for man</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-RU-2026:20140-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-01-23T14:16:57Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1240874">bsc#1240874</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-14862">jsc#PED-14862</a>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0</li>
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<p>An update that contains one feature and has one fix can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for man fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>Do not masked out the already existing %ghost file entry</li>
<li>Extend tmpfiles template man-db.conf (jsc#PED-14862)<ul>
<li>Create cache directories with systemd tmpfiles service</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Update to man-db 2.13.1:<ul>
<li>Update various manual page translation</li>
<li>Fix various minor formatting issues in manual pages.</li>
<li>Tolerate additional spaces in preprocessor strings.</li>
<li>Fix check for generated source files in out-of-tree builds.</li>
<li>Fix building with the <code>musl</code> C library.</li>
<li>Recognize another Ukrainian translation of the <code>NAME</code> section.</li>
<li>Increase the maximum size of the <code>NAME</code> section from 8192 to 16384 bytes.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Port patches</li>
<li>Avoid latest gettextize as it breaks build now</li>
<li>If a section is specified do not show the list (bsc#1240874)</li>
<li>Wait 15 seconds instead of 7 instead for a choice</li>
<li>Explicit mention <code>export' instead of</code>set' for MAN_POSIXLY_CORRECT</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-186=1</code>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-186=1</code>
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<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>man-debugsource-2.13.1-160000.1.1</li>
<li>man-debuginfo-2.13.1-160000.1.1</li>
<li>man-2.13.1-160000.1.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>man-debugsource-2.13.1-160000.1.1</li>
<li>man-debuginfo-2.13.1-160000.1.1</li>
<li>man-2.13.1-160000.1.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
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<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1240874">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1240874</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-14862">https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-14862</a>
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