Fedora 9 Update: glib2-2.16.3-7.fc9

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2008-5422
2008-07-02 04:32:05
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Name        : glib2
Product     : Fedora 9
Version     : 2.16.3
Release     : 7.fc9
URL         : http://www.gtk.org
Summary     : A library of handy utility functions
Description :
GLib is the low-level core library that forms the basis
for projects such as GTK+ and GNOME. It provides data structure
handling for C, portability wrappers, and interfaces for such runtime
functionality as an event loop, threads, dynamic loading, and an
object system.

This package provides version 2 of GLib.

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Update Information:

This update fixes a race in class initialization that can cause assertion
failures and crashes.
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Jun 16 2008 Matthias Clasen <mclasen at redhat.com> - 2.16.3-7
- Fix a directory ownership oversight (#449885)
* Mon Jun 16 2008 Matthias Clasen <mclasen at redhat.com> - 2.16.3-6
- Fix a race in class initialization that causes assertion 
  failures and crashes
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #446813 - Assertion failures, occasional termination; regression from Fedora 8
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446813
  [ 2 ] Bug #449885 - '/usr/lib/gio' folder should be owned by glib2 package
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449885
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