Recommended update for package canna

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(Last modified: 11AUG2004)

solutions Recommended update for package canna SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (a57a6aefcf559ee714ff3a5ce5e14d0a)

Applies to

Package: canna
canna-devel
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
Patch: patch-9251
Release: 20040811
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Install if you want to use kinput2 with canna on a bigendian.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

The Japanese XIM server kinput2 didn't work at all on bigendian platforms when used with Canna as the conversion backend. This was caused by a bug in canna which is fixed by this patch.

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 canna-3.7p1-31.4.i586.rpm canna-devel-3.7p1-31.4.i586.rpm

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