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Fedora Core 5 2006-335 Critical Gaim MSN Block Crash Fix

fedora
Calendar Grey April 11, 2006
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Patch for gaim instability on MSN when blocking contacts; essential Fedora Core 5 upgrade to maintain chat performance and safety.
This update fixes Bug #185222 where gaim would crash when you use the buddy blocking feature with the MSN protocol.

Summary

Gaim allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging

protocols, including AIM (Oscar and TOC), ICQ, IRC, Yahoo!,

MSN Messenger, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, Napster, and Zephyr. These

protocols are implemented using a modular, easy to use design.

To use a protocol, just add an account using the account editor.

Gaim supports many common features of other clients, as well as many

unique features, such as perl scripting and C plugins.

Gaim is NOT affiliated with or endorsed by America Online, Inc.,

Microsoft Corporation, or Yahoo! Inc. or other messaging service

providers.

This update fixes Bug #185222 where gaim would crash when

you use the buddy blocking feature with the MSN protocol.

- MSN block crash (#185222 Stu Tomlinson)

f921fb2192e643454e864095ba5867ca6435b27c SRPMS/gaim-1.5.0-16.fc5.src.rpm

7bbb885543e358f3ada6660e00f42ae41caad957 ppc/gaim-1.5.0-16.fc5.ppc.rpm

1ef8157ec37b0083dba563776b5b0219e971975d ppc/debug/gaim-debuginfo-1.5.0-16.fc5.ppc.rpm

5055036b2462a5780786e35a4d344303366aa87d x86_64/gaim-1.5.0-16.fc5.x86_64.rpm

fd5f5809a05da2ff3c0317b525f4c33ce34b6895 x86_64/debug/gaim-debuginfo-1.5.0-16.fc5.x86_64.rpm

c880af71a29cdef6c9055d2309e39daf8fdd2249 i386/gaim-1.5.0-16.fc5.i386.rpm

579f98e4733f4b270c59a224f6e3ecb792cc3579 i386/debug/gaim-debuginfo-1.5.0-16.fc5.i386.rpm

This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update

package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing

Software with yum,' available at .

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Name: gaim
Version: 1.5.0
Release: 16.fc5
Summary: A Gtk+ based multiprotocol instant messaging client

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