openSUSE Recommended Update: java-1_6_0_sun: Update to Oracle Java 6 update 25 ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2011:0455-1 Rating: low References: #691672 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed. It includes one version update. Description: Oracle Java SE 6 update 25 has been released. This release brings: * New generation of Java HotSpot VM 20 with experimental tiered compilation in Server VM reduces a start time * Support for various software including Firefox 4, Chrome 10 and VirtualBox 4 * Improved BigDecimal performance up to 30% * Olson Data 2011b includes recent North Dakota changes This update does not provide any documented security enhancements. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch java-1_6_0-sun-4493 - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch java-1_6_0-sun-4493 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.6.0.u25]: java-1_6_0-sun-1.6.0.u25-0.3.1 java-1_6_0-sun-alsa-1.6.0.u25-0.3.1 java-1_6_0-sun-demo-1.6.0.u25-0.3.1 java-1_6_0-sun-devel-1.6.0.u25-0.3.1 java-1_6_0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.u25-0.3.1 java-1_6_0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.u25-0.3.1 java-1_6_0-sun-src-1.6.0.u25-0.3.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.6.0.u25]: java-1_6_0-sun-1.6.0.u25-0.2.1 java-1_6_0-sun-alsa-1.6.0.u25-0.2.1 java-1_6_0-sun-devel-1.6.0.u25-0.2.1 java-1_6_0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.u25-0.2.1 java-1_6_0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.u25-0.2.1 java-1_6_0-sun-src-1.6.0.u25-0.2.1 References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/691672