Issued:
2010-01-06
Updated:
2010-03-30

RHBA-2010:0009 - dogtail bug fix update

Synopsis

dogtail bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated dogtail package that fixes two bugs is now available.

Description

Dogtail is an automation framework that uses accessibility technologies to communicate with desktop applications. Dogtail exposes desktop elements in a hierarchical interface. The dogtail package includes the GUI tools Script Recorder (dogtail-recorder) and AT-SPI Browser (sniff). Script Recorder creates Python scripts based on user actions and AT-SPI Browser is a graphical browser of the desktop elements hierarchy exposed by Dogtail.

This updated dogtail package fixes the following bugs:

  • the destroyAbout function was undefined in the previous Dogtail release. Consequently, the Close button in the AT-SPI Browser About window (Help > About) did not work. This function is now properly defined; the showAbout function calls this function when the Close button is clicked; and the About window closes. Note: the close box in the title bar of the About window worked in both the earlier and current release. (BZ#250219)

  • previously, the shebang lines in Dogtail's python scripts pointed to "/usr/bin/env python" rather than explicitly referencing the system-installed Python. This broke these scripts in the case of a user installing an alternative version of Python. With this update, all Dogtail's python scripts point explicitly to the system version at /usr/bin/python. (BZ#521339)

All dogtail users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues.

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 This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • dogtail-0.6.1-3.el5.noarch.rpm
  • dogtail-0.6.1-3.el5.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information