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7.28. Core X11 Libraries

Updated Core X11 libraries packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The Core X11 libraries contain the base protocol of the X Window System, which is a networked windowing system for bitmap displays used to build graphical user interfaces on Unix, Unix-like, and other operating systems.
The pixman package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.18.4, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#644296)
The following packages have been upgraded to their upstream versions to conform to X Window System Test Suite (XTS5):

Table 7.1. Upgraded packages

Package nameUpstream versionBZ number
libxcb1.8.1755654
libXcursor1.1.13755656
libX111.5.0755657
libXi1.6.1755658
libXt1.1.3755659
libXfont1.4.5755661
libXrender0.9.7755662
libXtst1.2.1755663
libXext1.3.1755665
libXaw1.0.11755666
libXrandr1.4.0755667
libXft2.3.1755668
The following packages have been upgraded to their respective upstream versions, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous versions.

Table 7.2. Upgraded packages

Package nameUpstream versionBZ number
libXau1.0.6835172
libXcomposite0.4.3835183
libXdmcp1.1.1835184
libXevie1.0.3835186
libXinerama1.1.2835187
libXmu1.1.1835188
libXpm3.5.10835190
libXres1.0.6835191
libXScrnSaver1.2.2835192
libXv1.0.7835193
libXvMC1.0.7835195
libXxf86dga1.1.3835196
libXxf86misc1.0.3835197
libXxf86vm1.1.2835198
libdrm2.4.39835202
libdmx1.1.2835203
pixman0.26.2835204
xorg-x11-proto-devel7.6835206
xorg-x11-util-macros1.17835207
xorg-x11-xtrans-devel1.2.7835276
xkeyboard-config2.6835284
libpciaccess0.13.1843585
xcb-proto1.7843593
libSM1.2.1 843641

Bug Fixes

BZ#802559
Previously, in the xorg-x11-proto-devel package, the definition of the _X_NONNULL macro was incompatible with C89 compilers. Consequently, C89 applications could not be built in C89 mode if the X11/Xfuncproto.h file was included. This update fixes the macro definition to be compatible with C89 mode.
BZ#804907
Prior to this update, XI2 events were not properly initialized and could contain garbage values. A patch for the libXi package, which had been setting values to garbage, has been provided to fix this bug. Now, actual events no longer contain garbage values and are initialized as expected.
BZ#871460
Previously, the spec file of the xkeyboard-config package used the %{dist} macro in the Version tag. Although the standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux build environment defines this macro, it does not need to be defined. If it was not defined, %{dist} appeared literally in the resulting RPM package's version string when the package was rebuilt. The spec file has been corrected to use the conditional %{?dist} form, which expands to an empty string if %{dist} is not defined.
Users of Core X11 libraries are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add various enhancements.