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Fedora: 2006-334 High Severity Gaim Crash Due To MSN Block Issue

This update fixes Bug #185222 where gaim would crash when you use the buddy blocking feature with the MSN protocol. It also contains a minor logging fix.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2006-334 2006-04-11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------Product : Fedora Core 4 Name : gaim Version : 1.5.0 Release : 16.fc4 Summary : A Gtk+ based multiprotocol instant messaging client Description : 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: This update fixes Bug #185222 where gaim would crash when you use the buddy blocking feature with the MSN protocol. It also contains a minor logging fix. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* Sat Apr 8 2006 Warren Togami - 1:1.5.0-16 - MSN block crash (#185222 Stu Tomlinson) * Fri Feb 10 2006 Jesse Keating - 1:1.5.0-15.fc5.1 - bump again for double-long bug on ppc(64) * Tue Feb 7 2006 Warren Togami 1:1.5.0-15 - allow compat with gaim-2.x log format (rlaager) * Sat Jan 28 2006 David Malcolm 1:1.5.0-14 - rebuild for new e-d-s * Fri Jan 13 2006 Warren Togami 1:1.5.0-13 - buildreq desktop-file-utils (ivazquez #176688) - detect NSS in a generic way and abort on failure * Wed Dec 21 2005 Warren Togami - rebuild for nss-devel(#176314 nosnilmot) * Tue Dec 20 2005 Ray Strode - rebuilt * Fri Dec 9 2005 Jesse Keating - rebuilt ---------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be downloaded from: 1ac994235cf286a0566870f25e36a20e7e2e9c66 SRPMS/gaim-1.5.0-16.fc4.src.rpm b6379ebd06696c699db768cc61255c439cd4528d ppc/gaim-1.5.0-16.fc4.ppc.rpm d0d5701303940e04326e9a1ec38bb95b8e465aa2 ppc/debug/gaim-debuginfo-1.5.0-16.fc4.ppc.rpm a9f7aa2f47fa60c74872d89fc4e0eba67aade6ec x86_64/gaim-1.5.0-16.fc4.x86_64.rpm 1dff39cf01acf38559d611e3388b0ef6929d3157 x86_64/debug/gaim-debuginfo-1.5.0-16.fc4.x86_64.rpm a491898167c4d0f6e2e85c41b970b56c615a8138 i386/gaim-1.5.0-16.fc4.i386.rpm af8696be4181aaec73586813f6fc6b41992bbc6f i386/debug/gaim-debuginfo-1.5.0-16.fc4.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 . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- fedora-announce-list mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . The patch addresses an issue in gaim that caused it to crash while blocking contacts on MSN, improving overall reliability and performance.. Gaim Fix, Fedora Core Update, Instant Messaging Security. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 11, 2006 Fedora