Fedora 12 Update: gdm-2.28.1-25.fc12

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-12579
2009-12-03 04:35:01
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Name        : gdm
Product     : Fedora 12
Version     : 2.28.1
Release     : 25.fc12
URL         : http://download.gnome.org/sources/gdm
Summary     : The GNOME Display Manager
Description :
GDM provides the graphical login screen, shown shortly after boot up,
log out, and when user-switching.

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Update Information:

This update fixes a continuous login screen crash for user who have non-utf8
/etc/passwd entries
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Dec  1 2009 Ray Strode <rstrode at redhat.com> 2.28.1-25
- Don't crash if /etc/passwd contains invalid utf8 (bug 539737)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #539737 - gdm redraws login dialog again and again
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539737
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update gdm' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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