Fedora 16 Update: NetworkManager-0.9.2-1.fc16

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Tue Dec 6 01:00:48 UTC 2011


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-16664
2011-12-04 01:48:51
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Name        : NetworkManager
Product     : Fedora 16
Version     : 0.9.2
Release     : 1.fc16
URL         : http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
Summary     : Network connection manager and user applications
Description :
NetworkManager is a system network service that manages your network devices
and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available.
It manages ethernet, WiFi, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, and
provides VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services.

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Update Information:

This update fixes naming of ifcfg files, and corrects various GObject introspection issues that caused problems in GnomeShell network indicator. It also enhances IPv6 Router Advertisements management and improves handling of RFKill on certain machines (like EeePC 1005HA).
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Nov  9 2011 Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> - 0.9.2-1
- core: fix possible crash when talking to ModemManager
- core: improve handling of rfkill on some machines (eeepc 1005HA and others)
- ifcfg-rh: don't use spaces in ifcfg file names (rh #742273)
- core: accept IPv6 Router Advertisements when forwarding is on
- core: bump dnsmasq cache size to 400 entries
- core: ensure IPv6 static routes are flushed when device is deactivated
- ifcfg-rh: fix changing WPA connections to WEP
- core: fix setting hostname from DHCP (rh #719100)
- libnm-glib: fix various GObject introspection issues (rh #747302)
- core: don't change routing or DNS if no devices are managed
- core: ensure IPv6 RA-provided routes are honored
* Wed Nov  9 2011 Adam Williamson <awilliam at redhat.com> - 1:0.9.1.90-5.git20110927
- Rebuilt for glibc (rh #747377)
- core: fix setting hostname from DHCP options (rh #719100)
- skip a release to keep up with F16
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #742273 - NetworkManager creates ifcfg scripts with spaces in them
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742273
  [ 2 ] Bug #747302 - Disabling wired network doesn't work
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747302
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update NetworkManager' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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