Fedora 21 Update: open-vm-tools-9.4.6-4.fc21

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2014-13392
2014-10-21 17:04:02
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Name        : open-vm-tools
Product     : Fedora 21
Version     : 9.4.6
Release     : 4.fc21
URL         : http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/
Summary     : Open Virtual Machine Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware
Description :
The open-vm-tools project is an open source implementation of VMware Tools. It
is a suite of open source virtualization utilities and drivers to improve the
functionality, user experience and administration of VMware virtual machines.
This package contains only the core user-space programs and libraries of
open-vm-tools.

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Update Information:

* sysctl --system loads default config file - Debian #732920
* ps doesn't exit on SIGCONT
* top better accommodates discontinuous NUMA nodes
* ps cmdline trailing spaces suppressed under zsh, redhat #1057600
* kill restores the '-HUP -1' functionality
* vmstat -d / -p segfault eliminated when /sys is not mounted
* pgrep properly shows full command line when -au are combined
* vmstat supports timestamps with -t/--timestamp option
* top is now immune to distortions when system time is reset
* top standardized the <Esc> key support with prompted input
* top missing summary area info added to man document, ubuntu #574624
* top properly responds to the current locale LC_NUMERIC setting
* top provides alternate graph modes for cpu states and memory usage
* top offers new startup defaults, plus ./configure --disable-modern-top
* top exploits MemAvailable field and offers improved memory statistics
* ps new --quick-pid option, a more efficient alternative to --pid option
* usernames up to 32 characters now accommodated (up from 19), redhat #1112734
* free exploits MemAvailable field and offers improved memory statistics
* free considers slabs in displayed totals, debian #565518, ubuntu #126329
* watch supports new ANSI styles and background colors

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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1146193 - No translations included
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1146193
  [ 2 ] Bug #1153049 - Terrible view of new top program
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153049
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
su -c 'yum update open-vm-tools' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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