pidgin bug fix and enhancement update

Advisory:	RHBA-2008:0775-5
Type:	Bug Fix Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2008-07-24
Last updated on:	2008-07-24
Affected Products:	Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL:	N/A

Details

Updated pidgin packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements
are now available.

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple
accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. Pidgin supports many
instant messaging protocols such as AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger,
Yahoo!, Bonjour and IRC among others, as well as utilities such as file
transfer, away messages, typing notification, and an extensible plugin system.

These updated pidgin packages provide fixes for the following bugs:

* several issues associated with using the MSN protocol resulted in
problems connecting to MSN and random local name changes. These have been
resolved so that Pidgin is once again able to connect using the MSN protocol.

* when the eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) discovered
client capabilities, Pidgin would sometimes crash. XMPP is the
non-proprietary and open instant-messaging protocol used by both Jabber and
Google Talk.

* various memory leaks have been plugged.

In addition, these updated packages provide the following enhancements:

* tooltips have been added to the Room List window.

* the XEP-0096 and XEP-0065 file transfer protocols are now supported.

It is worth noting that a few changes to Pidgin were made in order to
enable version 2.3.1 to work on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. Those changes
include the following:

* automatic sound migration to the aplay program, a command line audio file
player for the ALSA sound card driver.

* in order to support the Google Talk protocol, this updated version of
Pidgin requires the libxml2 XML parsing and utility library, version
2.16.16-12, which is included in a separate erratum.

This list of bug fixes and enhancements is not exhaustive. For more
information on all changes, the full Pidgin 2.3.1 changelog is available in
at the following web address:

http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated pidgin packages, which
resolve these issues and add these enhancements.

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

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`e49afd96545048ffd1571bcbb65c4aff`

IA-32:
finch-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`6d8c7beb3408a2c4ba83008a5fc0b62c`
finch-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`02964c121d8da0fa0c5df547dac057a1`
libpurple-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`5f654dc88389d239bb3359dd65009b0f`
libpurple-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`46724b818b736b2bdd15ff75b599de78`
libpurple-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`2e73f4cfca94f5645c2890b014a42cec`
libpurple-tcl-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`e82a2c4f587e6c4a388adf1d2de38270`
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`1b4a8f2923c2b461e18759b6b25df286`
pidgin-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`502cc643fe38f7aa3032815dcb369dbe`
pidgin-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`7e6a5ff8af41a70a99aef607fe183151`

x86_64:
finch-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`95cd7a523c34854fee1230c102a775c9`
finch-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`7e264bd6adf297434612153371f7590f`
libpurple-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`2e184d40f0c36ee101d1a5a912d874c1`
libpurple-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`000d40d802539f30b9bc4e2e0d0e61f1`
libpurple-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`bec9e9582085dd03099cedfdb9458f3b`
libpurple-tcl-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`f12c86382c46ca99bcacc5767224a94a`
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`362f34633eb126ff69c8547182c2d8a3`
pidgin-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`47127e2ad8c2612074e0c060b7ea816c`
pidgin-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`d9888ac827d2f56f2f744e5f45864b91`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`e49afd96545048ffd1571bcbb65c4aff`

IA-32:
finch-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`6d8c7beb3408a2c4ba83008a5fc0b62c`
finch-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`02964c121d8da0fa0c5df547dac057a1`
libpurple-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`5f654dc88389d239bb3359dd65009b0f`
libpurple-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`46724b818b736b2bdd15ff75b599de78`
libpurple-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`2e73f4cfca94f5645c2890b014a42cec`
libpurple-tcl-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`e82a2c4f587e6c4a388adf1d2de38270`
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`1b4a8f2923c2b461e18759b6b25df286`
pidgin-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`502cc643fe38f7aa3032815dcb369dbe`
pidgin-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`7e6a5ff8af41a70a99aef607fe183151`

IA-64:
finch-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`a78e139aafb9dcc566733b2dff8eb5b2`
finch-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`8f379935c49d6e3096af6ec0128391f9`
libpurple-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`9da20110dd19592ab1da8a0e134a4d54`
libpurple-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`0cb6ed2437c039940eb0d26a210689c1`
libpurple-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`e0c1534b6e3e4e1fc6516bad26946fbe`
libpurple-tcl-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`b24c9e6dcdfb3157724ba8028c8734cf`
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`f63e43ad984184ace30d694993217a2d`
pidgin-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`a8b57af1f697ab7ede68c37b274b2ba7`
pidgin-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`e710c47e38ff525c6ca5a3923773ceea`

PPC:
finch-2.3.1-2.el4.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`8b27ad49378b49331baf8cd9aeff8c10`
finch-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`d9150d87274712b9931c8908f38a57c3`
libpurple-2.3.1-2.el4.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`4e4b6abbd9975ee66d3096c9ac91d622`
libpurple-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`44e76b82a1d5e9168214f6994fc40860`
libpurple-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`e20260bf80cc6e874ecc6339b89ad4e7`
libpurple-tcl-2.3.1-2.el4.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`ef866cc3b6ac4d0263979073fbec8bdc`
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`cea88de80e0d9e54d8ed88be983d06ae`
pidgin-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`54d4848a9ef9940c1cc164bb154f1805`
pidgin-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`fc43e85fd1b394e1c9bd86c5cc5981c9`

s390:
finch-2.3.1-2.el4.s390.rpm	`02f4d8b9a62286666caca99b6b3ebe9c`
finch-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.s390.rpm	`a2f43c17068f75361db320cf064de340`
libpurple-2.3.1-2.el4.s390.rpm	`59636397c8dafeb4bf5aa0292cb0f56a`
libpurple-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.s390.rpm	`02c151612d60d7cef749c34d8647986f`
libpurple-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.s390.rpm	`285c807585f699900491dce5f4667551`
libpurple-tcl-2.3.1-2.el4.s390.rpm	`b17a12afc07ac301bde462db92584923`
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.s390.rpm	`543cce5aac4defc71269d3ce65fb0756`
pidgin-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.s390.rpm	`709004dd73b87c45a2fb48a458ad909e`
pidgin-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.s390.rpm	`eeedb026fd7058202b472b4e7a29a19c`

s390x:
finch-2.3.1-2.el4.s390x.rpm	`b2d834720edb4d36c2e02b81ee96445a`
finch-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.s390x.rpm	`36731e2b9c09a8484c09c505680d8e7c`
libpurple-2.3.1-2.el4.s390x.rpm	`ee5b4eb8d9e8698f5ffdb52a7e972f66`
libpurple-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.s390x.rpm	`e2b584ed6ad2d90f0f9af0e37436c17e`
libpurple-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.s390x.rpm	`9c09fe18d8bd0e1423467b735f8d28f0`
libpurple-tcl-2.3.1-2.el4.s390x.rpm	`cf0205041362ae5b6774d5cefea2c228`
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.s390x.rpm	`a946ef1dfeb4bfbe2bfa0fcab7f549eb`
pidgin-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.s390x.rpm	`c54d152d5b07292b07b224d3a22ebcc3`
pidgin-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.s390x.rpm	`02aced445048bf248be7fd7fe4fd6d40`

x86_64:
finch-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`95cd7a523c34854fee1230c102a775c9`
finch-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`7e264bd6adf297434612153371f7590f`
libpurple-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`2e184d40f0c36ee101d1a5a912d874c1`
libpurple-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`000d40d802539f30b9bc4e2e0d0e61f1`
libpurple-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`bec9e9582085dd03099cedfdb9458f3b`
libpurple-tcl-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`f12c86382c46ca99bcacc5767224a94a`
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`362f34633eb126ff69c8547182c2d8a3`
pidgin-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`47127e2ad8c2612074e0c060b7ea816c`
pidgin-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`d9888ac827d2f56f2f744e5f45864b91`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`e49afd96545048ffd1571bcbb65c4aff`

IA-32:
finch-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`6d8c7beb3408a2c4ba83008a5fc0b62c`
finch-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`02964c121d8da0fa0c5df547dac057a1`
libpurple-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`5f654dc88389d239bb3359dd65009b0f`
libpurple-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`46724b818b736b2bdd15ff75b599de78`
libpurple-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`2e73f4cfca94f5645c2890b014a42cec`
libpurple-tcl-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`e82a2c4f587e6c4a388adf1d2de38270`
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`1b4a8f2923c2b461e18759b6b25df286`
pidgin-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`502cc643fe38f7aa3032815dcb369dbe`
pidgin-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`7e6a5ff8af41a70a99aef607fe183151`

IA-64:
finch-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`a78e139aafb9dcc566733b2dff8eb5b2`
finch-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`8f379935c49d6e3096af6ec0128391f9`
libpurple-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`9da20110dd19592ab1da8a0e134a4d54`
libpurple-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`0cb6ed2437c039940eb0d26a210689c1`
libpurple-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`e0c1534b6e3e4e1fc6516bad26946fbe`
libpurple-tcl-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`b24c9e6dcdfb3157724ba8028c8734cf`
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`f63e43ad984184ace30d694993217a2d`
pidgin-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`a8b57af1f697ab7ede68c37b274b2ba7`
pidgin-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`e710c47e38ff525c6ca5a3923773ceea`

x86_64:
finch-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`95cd7a523c34854fee1230c102a775c9`
finch-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`7e264bd6adf297434612153371f7590f`
libpurple-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`2e184d40f0c36ee101d1a5a912d874c1`
libpurple-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`000d40d802539f30b9bc4e2e0d0e61f1`
libpurple-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`bec9e9582085dd03099cedfdb9458f3b`
libpurple-tcl-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`f12c86382c46ca99bcacc5767224a94a`
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`362f34633eb126ff69c8547182c2d8a3`
pidgin-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`47127e2ad8c2612074e0c060b7ea816c`
pidgin-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`d9888ac827d2f56f2f744e5f45864b91`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`e49afd96545048ffd1571bcbb65c4aff`

IA-32:
finch-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`6d8c7beb3408a2c4ba83008a5fc0b62c`
finch-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`02964c121d8da0fa0c5df547dac057a1`
libpurple-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`5f654dc88389d239bb3359dd65009b0f`
libpurple-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`46724b818b736b2bdd15ff75b599de78`
libpurple-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`2e73f4cfca94f5645c2890b014a42cec`
libpurple-tcl-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`e82a2c4f587e6c4a388adf1d2de38270`
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`1b4a8f2923c2b461e18759b6b25df286`
pidgin-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`502cc643fe38f7aa3032815dcb369dbe`
pidgin-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`7e6a5ff8af41a70a99aef607fe183151`

IA-64:
finch-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`a78e139aafb9dcc566733b2dff8eb5b2`
finch-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`8f379935c49d6e3096af6ec0128391f9`
libpurple-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`9da20110dd19592ab1da8a0e134a4d54`
libpurple-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`0cb6ed2437c039940eb0d26a210689c1`
libpurple-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`e0c1534b6e3e4e1fc6516bad26946fbe`
libpurple-tcl-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`b24c9e6dcdfb3157724ba8028c8734cf`
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`f63e43ad984184ace30d694993217a2d`
pidgin-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`a8b57af1f697ab7ede68c37b274b2ba7`
pidgin-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`e710c47e38ff525c6ca5a3923773ceea`

x86_64:
finch-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`95cd7a523c34854fee1230c102a775c9`
finch-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`7e264bd6adf297434612153371f7590f`
libpurple-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`2e184d40f0c36ee101d1a5a912d874c1`
libpurple-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`000d40d802539f30b9bc4e2e0d0e61f1`
libpurple-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`bec9e9582085dd03099cedfdb9458f3b`
libpurple-tcl-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`f12c86382c46ca99bcacc5767224a94a`
pidgin-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`362f34633eb126ff69c8547182c2d8a3`
pidgin-devel-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`47127e2ad8c2612074e0c060b7ea816c`
pidgin-perl-2.3.1-2.el4.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2009:1536	`d9888ac827d2f56f2f744e5f45864b91`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

410481 - Upgrade RHEL4 to pidgin-2.2.x
453789 - RHEL4.7 - Fix ICQ login

References

http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog

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