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    <h1>Recommended update for tar</h1>

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            <th>Announcement ID:</th>
            <td>SUSE-RU-2026:23920-1</td>
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            <th>Release Date:</th>
            <td>2026-09-25T09:08:29Z</td>
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            <th>Rating:</th>
            <td>moderate</td>
        </tr>
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            <th>References:</th>
            <td>
                <ul>
                    
                        <li style="display: inline;">
                            <a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271272">bsc#1271272</a>
                        </li>
                    
                        <li style="display: inline;">
                            <a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1280941">bsc#1280941</a>
                        </li>
                    
                    
                </ul>
            </td>
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            <th>Affected Products:</th>
            <td>
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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>
                    
                </ul>
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    <p>An update that has two fixes can now be installed.</p>

    


    
        <h2>Description:</h2>
    
    <p>This update for tar fixes the following issues:</p>
<p>Changes in tar:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fixes tar incorrectly skipping members in certain archives containing
  dirs with non-zero sizes. (bsc#1271272)</li>
<li>Avoid acl_ prefix for functions:<ul>
<li>The acl.h header from libacl uses acl_ prefix for its functions.
  Avoid defining functions with the same name in order to protect its namespace. (bsc#1280941)</li>
</ul>
</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:
    </p>
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                SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0
                
                    
                        <br/>
                        <code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1762</code>
                    
                    
                
            </li>
        
            <li class="list-group-item">
                SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
                
                    
                        <br/>
                        <code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1762</code>
                    
                    
                
            </li>
        
    </ul>

    <h2>Package List:</h2>
    <ul>
        
            
                <li>
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
                    <ul>
                        
                            <li>tar-debuginfo-1.35-160000.5.1</li>
                        
                            <li>tar-1.35-160000.5.1</li>
                        
                            <li>tar-debugsource-1.35-160000.5.1</li>
                        
                            <li>tar-rmt-debuginfo-1.35-160000.5.1</li>
                        
                            <li>tar-rmt-1.35-160000.5.1</li>
                        
                    </ul>
                </li>
            
                <li>
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (noarch)
                    <ul>
                        
                            <li>tar-lang-1.35-160000.5.1</li>
                        
                            <li>tar-doc-1.35-160000.5.1</li>
                        
                            <li>tar-backup-scripts-1.35-160000.5.1</li>
                        
                    </ul>
                </li>
            
        
            
                <li>
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
                    <ul>
                        
                            <li>tar-debuginfo-1.35-160000.5.1</li>
                        
                            <li>tar-1.35-160000.5.1</li>
                        
                            <li>tar-debugsource-1.35-160000.5.1</li>
                        
                            <li>tar-rmt-debuginfo-1.35-160000.5.1</li>
                        
                            <li>tar-rmt-1.35-160000.5.1</li>
                        
                    </ul>
                </li>
            
                <li>
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (noarch)
                    <ul>
                        
                            <li>tar-lang-1.35-160000.5.1</li>
                        
                            <li>tar-doc-1.35-160000.5.1</li>
                        
                            <li>tar-backup-scripts-1.35-160000.5.1</li>
                        
                    </ul>
                </li>
            
        
    </ul>

    
        <h2>References:</h2>
        <ul>
            
                
                    <li>
                        <a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271272">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271272</a>
                    </li>
                
            
                
                    <li>
                        <a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1280941">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1280941</a>
                    </li>
                
            
        </ul>
    
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