RHBA-2013:1544 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated gtk2 and atk packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The gtk2 packages provide a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user
interfaces, GIMP Toolkit (GTK+). GTK+ offers a complete set of widgets and is
suitable for small projects as well as complete application suites.

The ATK library provides a set of interfaces for adding accessibility support to
applications and graphical user interface toolkits. By supporting the ATK
interfaces, an application or toolkit can be used with tools such as screen
readers, magnifiers, and alternative input devices.

The gtk2 packages have been upgraded to upstream version 2.20.1, which provides
a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#883022)

The atk packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.30.0, which provides a
number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#883027)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

• When rendering the text in a combo box, the GTK+ cell renderer always rendered

text that was rendered last time as the first item. Consequently, if the
previously rendered text did not match any item in the name set, the first item
in the "Categories" combo box in the Contacts view could have been rendered as
empty, which affected accessibility and automated tests. This update ensures
that the cell renderer is now properly updated and renders items for the current
combo box call so the aforementioned problem no longer occurs. (BZ#970594)

• Due to a bug in the GtkTreeView interface, the expand arrows in a tree view in

Evolution stopped functioning after clicking on an icon in the system tray. This
update increases robustness of the tree expanding and collapsing code, which
fixes this bug. (BZ#979049)

Users of gtk2 and atk are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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/site/articles/11258

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 IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• 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 (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 979049 - tree twisties in evo's tree view stop working after clicking GtkStatusIcon

CVEs

(none)

References

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