Issued:
2014-06-09
Updated:
2014-10-13

RHBA-2014:0638 - vte bug fix update

Synopsis

vte bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated vte packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Virtual Terminal Emulator (VTE) is a terminal emulator widget for use in Gtk2 applications.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, Virtual Terminal Emulator (VTE) did not correctly determine how many bytes could be read before performing a UI update and proceeding further. As a consequence, running the cat command on a large text file resulted in the GNOME terminal responding slowly. A patch has been applied to address this bug, and the performance of the GNOME terminal is no longer slowed down in the described situation. (BZ#1063741)

Users of vte are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
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 - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
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

  • vte-debuginfo-0.25.1-9.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • vte-0.25.1-9.el6.s390x.rpm
  • vte-devel-0.25.1-9.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • vte-devel-0.25.1-9.el6.i686.rpm
  • vte-devel-0.25.1-9.el6.ppc.rpm
  • vte-0.25.1-9.el6.s390.rpm
  • vte-devel-0.25.1-9.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • vte-0.25.1-9.el6.i686.rpm
  • vte-0.25.1-9.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • vte-debuginfo-0.25.1-9.el6.s390.rpm
  • vte-devel-0.25.1-9.el6.s390x.rpm
  • vte-0.25.1-9.el6.src.rpm
  • vte-debuginfo-0.25.1-9.el6.s390x.rpm
  • vte-devel-0.25.1-9.el6.s390.rpm
  • vte-0.25.1-9.el6.ppc.rpm
  • vte-debuginfo-0.25.1-9.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • vte-0.25.1-9.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • vte-debuginfo-0.25.1-9.el6.ppc.rpm
  • vte-debuginfo-0.25.1-9.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information