RHBA-2011:0714 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated evolution packages that fix various bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Evolution is the GNOME email, calendar, contact management and communications
application. The components which make up Evolution are tightly integrated with
one another and act as a seamless personal information-management (PIM) tool.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• When a user tried to migrate their mail folder settings after upgrading to Red

Hat Enterprise Linux 6, or restore a backup from the previous version of
Evolution, Evolution sometimes terminated unexpectedly. This bug has been fixed
and no longer occurs during the migration process. (BZ#696881)

• When a user created or edited a task in Evolution, the tooltip for the print

icon in the toolbar was missing. This tooltip has been added and is now
correctly displayed when hovering over the print icon. (BZ#585931)

• When printing the "Day" view of a calendar in Evolution to a Postscript file,

the selected day and month name overlapped the line below. The issue has been
resolved; overlaps no longer take place. (BZ#628964)

• When a user selected the "Submit bug report" option in the "Help" menu, a

spurious "Bug Buddy is not installed" error message appeared. Because Bug Buddy
is not a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, the menu option to submit a
bug was removed. (BZ#632968)

• When creating a mail account in the Evolution Account Assistant using the POP

protocol, the keyboard shortcut for "Delete after 7 days" (Alt+D) did not work.
With this update, the GUI widget accepts the keyboard shortcut for the "Delete
after 7 days" functionality and entering the shortcut now works as expected.
(BZ#633600)

• The "Create a Memo" item from the "Message" menu was active when it was not

supposed to be. As a consequence, Evolution terminated unexpectedly when the
user selected this item. With this update, the "Create a Memo" item is
deactivated when it is supposed to be, with the result that the user can no
longer crash Evolution by selecting it. (BZ#633629)

• When viewing an email message larger than the maximum value defined in the

settings Edit -> Preferences -> Mail Preferences -> "Do not format messages when
text size exceeds [n KB]" caused Evolution to terminate unexpectedly. This bug
has been fixed and viewing a message larger than the set value no longer causes
Evolution to crash. (BZ#666875)

• When a user created a calendar meeting in Evolution with at least 16 attendees

and right-clicked "Reply to all", the application terminated unexpectedly
sometimes. The problem was with the reallocation of memory in glib2 and it has
been fixed. Replying to all attendees of a calendar meeting now works as
expected. (BZ#667083)

• When a user clicked into the input field under the Summary header in Task or

Memo section in Evolution, and switched its input method to any language managed
by ibus (such as Chinese), foreign characters could not be entered. The fix
involves calling some functions in the correct order so the events for the input
method are registered properly. (BZ#633189)

• When using one of four Asian locales (ml_IN, hi_IN, ta_IN, zh_TW), the

following problems occurred in Evolution Assistant: differing translations for
the label and button "Forward" and "Finish", a missing and erroneous translation
for the "Forward" label, and the ZWJ/ZWNJ characters visible by mistake. With
this update, corrected translations has been provided. (BZ#628882, BZ#630316,
BZ#632998, BZ#638643)

• In the "Evolution Appointment" dialog, when using the Chinese Simplified

locale (zh_CN), there was an erroneous translation on the "for" button. The
translation has been modified and Evolution now displays a proper button text
translation. (BZ#633181)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and
correct several localization 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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 628882 - [zh-TW] One word has two different translation in evolution settings page and firstboot welcome page.
• BZ - 628964 - [PATCH] [Cal Print] Text Overlap with Month Name and Number in Calendar
• BZ - 630316 - [evol][ml_IN] Translation mismatch with Text and button on Setup Screen and other update required
• BZ - 632968 - [PATCH] Help->Submit Bug Report: error "Bug buddy is not installed"
• BZ - 632998 - [hi_IN] Setup Page need to review ("Forward" Button Translation need to update either in Button or label)
• BZ - 633181 - [zh_CN] Translation error when new a appointment
• BZ - 633189 - [PATCH] evolution:Can not input Chinese characters when click the section under the summary heading of Memo/task
• BZ - 633600 - [PATCH] evolution:[zh_CN]The short cut key does not work when add pop account
• BZ - 633629 - [crash] Click on Message->Create a Memo/Task with fresh evolution Setup
• BZ - 638643 - [ta_IN] Evolution Setup Label has "Forward" button Text, while Button is Translated
• BZ - 666875 - evolution - crash when viewing a large message
• BZ - 667083 - evo - Crashed on Reply to all in meeting pop up menu
• BZ - 696881 - Crash on mail migration

CVEs

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References

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