Bug Fix Advisory gedit bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2008:0019-2
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-05-21
Last updated on: 2008-05-21
Affected Products: RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated gedit packages that fix various bugs are now available.

gedit is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment. While
aiming at simplicity and ease of use, gedit is a powerful general-purpose
text editor.

This update addresses the following problems:

* starting a remote X11 session when a local instance of gedit was already
running under the same user would cause the local instance to close and the
remote instance to be unable to open. This has been fixed so that gedit
will open a remote instance while also retaining the local one (i.e. not
closing it).

* incorrect string translations for the Korean language in gedit's print
preview.

* gedit was not able to save changes to a file on a Windows share mounted
using the Common Internet File System (CIFS).

Users of gEdit are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)

IA-32:
gedit-devel-2.16.0-9.el5.i386.rpm     97db65be8b912bf9cc2d58126c08f6c6
 
x86_64:
gedit-devel-2.16.0-9.el5.i386.rpm     97db65be8b912bf9cc2d58126c08f6c6
gedit-devel-2.16.0-9.el5.x86_64.rpm     2cc14b5e3208458cd40239fbcd1648c6
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
gedit-2.16.0-9.el5.src.rpm     616b1d101b8b8318452ae6b5c96021c9
 
IA-32:
gedit-2.16.0-9.el5.i386.rpm     5f3f307f10b68bf9f2a8ba0ca5b14efc
gedit-devel-2.16.0-9.el5.i386.rpm     97db65be8b912bf9cc2d58126c08f6c6
 
IA-64:
gedit-2.16.0-9.el5.ia64.rpm     64d26d7ff1fd3222c02dcc28cc4bdf0b
gedit-devel-2.16.0-9.el5.ia64.rpm     ef7b41eec21e8386e99b90c51f959687
 
PPC:
gedit-2.16.0-9.el5.ppc.rpm     c843ee8030f51bfc0a4bd96d862f9d77
gedit-devel-2.16.0-9.el5.ppc.rpm     b9b784cec3ec5424d3b3d9e3ea219692
gedit-devel-2.16.0-9.el5.ppc64.rpm     6a5c35566941be7829eabed4e166622e
 
s390x:
gedit-2.16.0-9.el5.s390x.rpm     c5adba2027965eaf105a10600bfc2472
gedit-devel-2.16.0-9.el5.s390.rpm     178b0386ec2470479783c77ff6252c24
gedit-devel-2.16.0-9.el5.s390x.rpm     d1f646991c086966197c928c8347addf
 
x86_64:
gedit-2.16.0-9.el5.x86_64.rpm     86d4ae63168b9586d69d87a1dd798a04
gedit-devel-2.16.0-9.el5.i386.rpm     97db65be8b912bf9cc2d58126c08f6c6
gedit-devel-2.16.0-9.el5.x86_64.rpm     2cc14b5e3208458cd40239fbcd1648c6
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
gedit-2.16.0-9.el5.src.rpm     616b1d101b8b8318452ae6b5c96021c9
 
IA-32:
gedit-2.16.0-9.el5.i386.rpm     5f3f307f10b68bf9f2a8ba0ca5b14efc
 
x86_64:
gedit-2.16.0-9.el5.x86_64.rpm     86d4ae63168b9586d69d87a1dd798a04
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

209452 - Gedit can't handle multiple logins from same user



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