RHBA-2009:1260 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

Evolution is the GNOME collection of personal information management (PIM)
tools.

These updated evolution packages provide fixes for the following bugs:

• when adding a new Exchange account, a Mailbox name separate from the user

name can now be specified. (BZ#205787)

• pasting text into an event summary by issuing the Ctrl+V control code did

not work as expected. (BZ#208356)

• running Evolution in a different language caused it to not display

certain translations such as "On This Computer", "Personal" and specific
calendar and address book names. (BZ#210858)

• when attempting to import a certificate from the Edit Preferences ->

Certificates menu, the subsequent Trust dialog box appeared below the file
selector window, forcing users to manually move both windows in order to
accomplish the task. (BZ#212206)

• Evolution crashed due to a segmentation fault when reading certain email

messages when accessibility was enabled. (BZ#212481)

• attempting to import a vCard File containing contacts into a new address

book created during the import process failed, and no contacts were
imported. All contacts imported in this way are now present in the new
address book. (BZ#215470)

• selecting the "On This Computer" folder and then clicking Folder ->

Properties produced no result. The "Properties" menu item is now correctly
grayed-out. (BZ#215479)

• Evolution did not honor the selected day when adding a memo while in

calendar view: the user had to manually alter the memo's date afterward.
(BZ#217541)

• searching an address book using the "any field" option when no results

were found caused Evolution to display all contacts instead of none. This
behavior is now more intuitive: no contacts are displayed when none are
found. (BZ#217714)

• while in Mail view, deselecting a previously-selected group of messages

by clicking on one of those selected did not result in that message being
shown in the preview pane. (BZ#227710)

• when accessibility was enabled, specific combinations of calender-viewing

actions caused Evolution to crash. (BZ#428817)

• when starting Evolution for the first time with a German (de_DE) locale,

the setup wizard window was too large for some monitors to display. (BZ#432322)

• dragging-and-dropping messages into the "Personal Folders" caused those

messages to be irretrievably lost. Dropping messages into "Personal
Folders" is now disallowed. (BZ#437768)

• Evolution's account editor did not strip whitespace characters in

hostnames, which caused a failure to connect when attempting to retrieve
email. (BZ#446945)

• sorting email by subject did not always result in the expected

alphabetical sorting. (BZ#449797)

• the Contact Quick-Add window allowed users to click "OK" without

selecting an address book, which did not result in the contact being added
to any address book. (BZ#449983)

• attempting to download Exchange messages for offline use caused Evolution

to segmentation fault. Evolution no longer crashes, and downloading
Exchange messages works as expected, allowing for offline use. (BZ#472872)

• it was not possible to create a new folder from the New Search Folder

dialog box and related menus. Also, attempting to name a new folder and
then clicking the "Create" button caused Evolution to crash under certain
circumstances. (BZ#473024)

• moving an Exchange folder containing subfolders to a different location

resulted in the loss of all subfolders and their emails. With this update,
all subfolders and their contents are copied or moved correctly and without
any loss of data. (BZ#480849)

In addition, these updated packages provide the following enhancements:

• improved support for CalDAV. (BZ#484252)
• the cursor now conveniently moves to the new rule when it is created in

the "Add Rule" dialog box. (BZ#218539)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated evolution 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/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 432322 - Setup screen is huge with german locale
• BZ - 437768 - [RHEL5.2] Lost mails in "personal folders"
• BZ - 446945 - Evolution account editor accepts white space in host name as valid
• BZ - 449797 - [RHEL5.2] Sorting mail according to subject does not work
• BZ - 449983 - [RHEL5.2] Confusing quick add contact
• BZ - 472872 - The evolution crashed when select "Download messages for offline" in Microsoft exchange account
• BZ - 473024 - The evolution crashed after create new folder in "New Search Folder" feature
• BZ - 484252 - Backport improved CalDAV support from Fedora 10

CVEs

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References

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