Recommended update for cups

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(Last modified: 04JUN2004)

solutions Recommended update for cups SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (7fe79931f392b71cbc8f21925472f5d9)

Applies to

Product(s): SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IPF
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IBM zSeries
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for AMD64

Package: cups
Release: 20040604
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Everyone using cups should install this update.

Contraindications

None.

Description

This patch fixes some issues with cups on 64 bit platforms:

fix for 64bit arithmetic/casting problems in sleep()
PAM2 config files now installed on non-i386 CPU architectures
/usr/lib now replaced by architecture dependend path

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 cups.rpm

links to download packages

Download Source Packages

Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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