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Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:25:05 -0400
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On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 15:51 -0500, Troy Dawson wrote:
> Hello,
> There was a bug with the latest glibc update that went out for SL5.
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693882
> It causes evolution to fail, and the gnome panel to crash.

> This fix is for those admins who had to downgrade their glibc due to 
> evolution and/or gnome-panel crashing.  We feel it is better for them to 
> have three security patches, rather than none.
> 
> We do not plan on pushing this out, we are waiting for a fix from TUV.

> Thanks
> Troy Dawson

Thanks Troy

The sl-testing glibc installed without issues and evolution now starts
normally...

...or else I would have been unable to send this mail. :-)

And Yes, three patches are better than none.

Steve

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