Recommended update for sysconfig

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(Last modified: 05DEC2005)

solutions Recommended update for sysconfig SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (632a020650348d1be33260e835f3c4d7)

Applies to

Package: sysconfig
Product(s): SUSE CORE 9 for x86
SUSE CORE 9 for Itanium Processor Family
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM POWER
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM S/390 31bit
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE CORE 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
Open Enterprise Server
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86_64
Patch: patch-10615
Release: 20051205
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Everyone should update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

This patch fixes several problems:

When calling dhcpcd manually and there was no lease information stored, then the interface was shut down by ifdown (called via dhcpcd hook script).
ifup did not set up configured vlan interfaces (broken since SP2)
vlan did not work without a configuration for the ethernet device
sometimes PERSISTENT_NAME was not applied at boot time due to race conditions in rcnetwork
one interface bonding error message was using a wrong option for /sbin/logger
rcnetwork did not wait for interfaces needed for bonding
rcnetwork did not always return 'failed', if vlan or bonding failed
linklocal routes were also (tried to) set for interfaces without ipv4 address
some network device drivers cannot set MTU after being set UP
unnecessary error message about removing non existent file in ifdown-route
modify_resolvconf did hang if / or /tmp is readonly

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:


rpm -Fvh sysconfig.rpm

links to download packages

Download Source Packages

Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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