Fedora 15 Update: NetworkManager-0.8.9997-4.git20110620.fc15

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-8520
2011-06-21 23:20:49
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Name        : NetworkManager
Product     : Fedora 15
Version     : 0.8.9997
Release     : 4.git20110620.fc15
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 caching of invalid hostnames, correctly processes VPN connections using system-wide secrets, hides irrelevant options when asking for passwords, and fixes an issue with systemd startup behavior.
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Jun 20 2011 Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> - 0.8.9997-4.git20110620
- core: don't cache "(none)" hostname at startup (rh #706094)
- core: fix handling of VPN connections with only system-owned secrets
- core: fix optional waiting for networking at startup behavior (rh #710502)
- ifcfg-rh: fix possible crashes in error cases
- ifcfg-rh: fix various IPv4 and IPv6 handling issues
- applet: add notifications of GSM mobile broadband registration status
- editor: move secrets when making connections available to all users or private
- applet: don't show irrelevant options when asking for passwords
* Mon Jun 13 2011 Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> - 0.8.9997-3.git20110613
- keyfile: better handling of missing certificates/private keys
- core: fix issues handling "always-ask" wired and WiFi 802.1x connections (rh #703785)
- core: fix automatic handling of hidden WiFi networks (rh #707406)
- editor: fix possible crash after reading network connections (rh #706906)
- editor: make Enter/Return key close WiFi password dialogs (rh #708666)
* Fri Jun  3 2011 Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> - 0.8.9997-2.git20110531
- Bump for CVE-2011-1943 (no changes, only a rebuild)
* Tue May 31 2011 Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> - 0.8.9997-1.git20110531
- editor: fix resizing of UI elements (rh #707269)
- core: retry wired connections when cable is replugged
- core: fix a few warnings and remove some left-over debugging code
* Thu May 26 2011 Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> - 0.8.999-3.git20110526
- compat: fix activation/deactivation of VPN connections (rh #699786)
- core: fix autodetection of previously-used hidden wifi networks
- core: silence error if ConsoleKit database does not yet exist (rh #695617)
- core: fix Ad-Hoc frequency handling (rh #699203)
- core: fixes for migrated OpenConnect VPN plugin connections
- core: various fixes for VPN connection secrets handling
- core: send only short hostname to DHCP servers (rh #694758)
- core: better handling of PKCS#8 private keys
- core: fix dispatcher script interface name handling
- editor: fix potential crash when connection is invalid (rh #704848)
- editor: allow _ as a valid character for GSM APNs
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #706094 - NetworkManager does not set hostname when DHCP used
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706094
  [ 2 ] Bug #710502 - NM-wait-online.service does not wait for link up
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710502
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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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