Recommended update for STunnel

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(Last modified: 23APR2007)

solutions Recommended update for STunnel SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (d76c17232a19b457859210e9b1f9a0c7)

Applies to

Package: stunnel
Product(s): SUSE SLES 10 for x86
SUSE SLES 10 for IPF
SUSE SLES 10 for IBM POWER
SUSE SLES 10 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE SLES 10 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
Zypp-Patch-Number: 3088
Release: 20070423
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Everybody using STunnel should install this update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

To fix crashes on new connections, STunnel is now being built with thread model "pthreads" (instead of "ucontext", which turned out to be broken on x86_64).

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 stunnel.rpm

links to download packages

Download Source Packages

Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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