RHBA-2011:1295 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated switchdesk packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The Desktop Switcher is a tool which enables users to easily switch between
various desktop environments that they have installed. The tool includes support
for KDE, GNOME, Xfce4 and twm.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the Desktop Switcher was not able to start with the

kn_IN or te_IN locales set. This update corrects the problem so that the Desktop
Switcher now works with the kn_IN or te_IN locales set, as expected. (BZ#513600)

• The shebang lines in Python executables have been changed to

"#!/usr/bin/python" to ensure the Python interpreter installed in the system is
used. (BZ#521285)

All users of switchdesk are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix these bugs.

Solution

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

This update is available via the 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 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• 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
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 513600 - [kn_IN][te_IN] switchdesk fails to start in kn_IN/te_IN locale
• BZ - 521285 - Fix instances of #!/usr/bin/env python in switchdesk-gui

CVEs

(none)

References

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