There is a new GDAL 1.8.1 release available. RPM packages for openSUSE are available via the Application:Geo Repository for SLE_10, SLE_11 and OpenSUSE versions 11.2, 11.3, 11.4 and Factory. Information about changes of this routine bug fix release are available at URL: http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/Release/1.8.1-News.