Issued:
2012-04-03
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0448 - system-config-printer bug fix update


Synopsis

system-config-printer bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated system-config-printer packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The system-config-printer package contains a print queue configuration tool with a graphical user interface.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, displaying tooltips while being in a main loop recursion caused the system-config-printer utility to terminate unexpectedly. To prevent system-config-printer from crashing, displaying tooltips is now avoided during the main loop recursion. (BZ#739745)

  • Python bindings for the CUPS library were not reliable when threads were used. In particular, a single password callback function was used instead of one for each thread. This, in some cases, caused the system-config-printer utility to terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. With this update, thread local storage is used for the password callback function in Python bindings for the CUPS library. (BZ#744519)

All users of system-config-printer 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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • system-config-printer-debuginfo-1.1.16-23.el6.s390x.rpm
  • system-config-printer-debuginfo-1.1.16-23.el6.i686.rpm
  • system-config-printer-libs-1.1.16-23.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • system-config-printer-udev-1.1.16-23.el6.i686.rpm
  • system-config-printer-1.1.16-23.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • system-config-printer-1.1.16-23.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • system-config-printer-udev-1.1.16-23.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • system-config-printer-debuginfo-1.1.16-23.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • system-config-printer-1.1.16-23.el6.i686.rpm
  • system-config-printer-libs-1.1.16-23.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • system-config-printer-1.1.16-23.el6.s390x.rpm
  • system-config-printer-udev-1.1.16-23.el6.s390x.rpm
  • system-config-printer-debuginfo-1.1.16-23.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • system-config-printer-1.1.16-23.el6.src.rpm
  • system-config-printer-libs-1.1.16-23.el6.i686.rpm
  • system-config-printer-udev-1.1.16-23.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • system-config-printer-libs-1.1.16-23.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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