-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2013-4124 2013-03-21 23:08:10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : abrt Product : Fedora 17 Version : 2.1.2 Release : 2.fc17 URL : https://fedorahosted.org/abrt/ Summary : Automatic bug detection and reporting tool Description : abrt is a tool to help users to detect defects in applications and to create a bug report with all information needed by maintainer to fix it. It uses plugin system to extend its functionality.
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This is an update that mostly improves user experience: * Update translations * Improve messages * Start ignoring problems from notification bubbles * Make notifications less confusing * Simplify reporting bugs in ABRT * Fix problem with UTF-8 files * Fix problem with unauthorized uploading of coredumps This update makes gnome-abrt default ABRT GUI, fixes security issues related to opening symbolic links and introduces python API. * adds more information from /proc to crashes * fixes typos * fixes crashes in report-gtk Fixes problems with bugzilla attachments and adds dependency on libreport-fedora for abrt-desktop. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog:
* Fri Mar 22 2013 Jakub Filak jfilak@redhat.com 2.1.2-2 - Require correct version of libreport - Add a patch for abrtd which ensures that the dump location always exists * Tue Mar 19 2013 Jakub Filak jfilak@redhat.com 2.1.2-1 - Improve log messages - Update translation - Introduce helpers for management of list of ignored problems - applet: show a confirmation notify bubble for reported problems in ShortenedReporting mode - applet: mark problems as ignored and don't notify ignored problems - applet: remove confusing "Show" button - applet: pass problem's id to the gui app - abrt-ccpp: try to read hs_err.log from crash's CWD - abrt-action-perform-ccpp-analysis: Complain if analyze_RetraceServer can't run. Closes 619 - abrt-gui: change URL to point to most recent doc - add abrt-action-analyze-ccpp-local to ccpp-addon related to rhbz#759443 - analyze-ccpp don't suid to abrt when run as root, related rhbz#759443 - abrtd: prohibit DumpLocation == WatchCrashdumpArchiveDir. Closes rhbz#854668 - abrtd: don't blame interpreter, blame the running script #609 - a-a-ureport: don't fail on missing counter file - a-a-ureport: allow to send ureport more than once - dbus doc: install abrt-dbus documentation files to the correct places - dbus doc: extend the documentation of DBus API - dbus doc: make xml interface parseable by qtdbusxml2cpp - dbus: add basics to a new problem - abrt-harvest-vmcore: don't copy dir from var/spool if copy already exists - fix path in the collect_xsession_errors event - retrace-client: print dots instead of repeated status message - move abrt.pth to arch specific location rhbz#912540 - Make forking code paths more robust. - add more logging to catch "stuck core-backtrace" problem; reduce gdb looping - Resolves: #879160, #854668, #885044, #903005, #905412, #909968, #912540 * Mon Feb 4 2013 Jakub Filak jfilak@redhat.com 2.1.1-1 - add abrt-desktop depency on libreport-fedora - abrt-dump-{oops,xorg}: limit amount of created dirs, add cooldown sleep if exceeded - abrt-watch-log: handle a case when child doesn't process its input - abrt-watch-log: fix a bug in mmap error check - abrt-action-analyze-xorg: fix the case with DIR != "." - Resolves: #908256 * Mon Feb 4 2013 Jakub Filak jfilak@redhat.com 2.1.0-1 - pkg-config: export defaultdumplocation variable - configure: set default dump location to /var/tmp/abrt - abrtd: sanitize mode and ovner of all elements - updated translation - abrtd-inotify-flood test: expend it to check for another inotify-related bug - gnome-abrt is default GUI - applet: on requrest open gnome-abrt instead of abrt-gui - Make it so that g_io_channel_read_chars(channel_inotify) does not buffer data. - multilib fixes - daemon: unify accessibility check before delete with dbus - dbus: move dir accessibility check from abrt to libreport - dbus: user dd_chown instead of own impl. - allow default dump directory to be configured through cmd line args - introduce abrt-python - reporter-bz: post a comment to dup bug, if we found a dup. version 2. - replace left over magic dd modes by macro - synchronize default dump dir mode with libreport - replace all occurrences of hardcoded dump location by a variable - harvest-vmcore: read dump dir path from configuration - use lchown when chowning files over dbus - use lchown when chowning newly created problem directory - verify-that-report-edits test: fix to account for new CLI interface - koops: add all x86 TRAP prefixes to list of suspicious strings - koops: put all suspicious strings to global variable - applet: extend comment. No code changes - applet: introduce shortened reporting - abrt-applet: handle SIGTERM and perform nice termination - abrt-applet: update the seen list on every possible action - applet: don't notify outdated new problems - Add and use "report-cli" event instead of removed "report-cli -r" option - fixed the relro flags rhbz#812284 - applet: unref unused GIOChannel - Resolves: #892230, #895742 * Thu Dec 20 2012 Jiri Moskovcak jmoskovc@redhat.com 2.0.20-1 - New version 2.0.20 - Fix typo: usefull->useful - koops: generate core backtrace if missing - udpated po files - Cosmetic fixes in abrtd-inotify-flood test - Hook up abrtd-inotify-flood to test infrastructure - Add a testcase for inotify flood - replace 'Start Autoreport' btn by a popup dialog - dbus: NewProblem returns full path as problem_id - abrt-action-analyze-xorg: fix /usr/include/paths.h -> paths.h - abrtd: set inotify fd to non-blocking mode; ignore 0-sized inotify reads. Closes rhbz#873815 - s/ABRT dump/problem directory/g - abrt-applet: don't leak component name - abrt-applet: alerts only not reported problems - build system: Remove leftover of abrt-action-analyze-xorg shell script - Rewrite abrt-action-analyze-xorg in C (partially) - rework abrt-gui>Help>'Report problem with ABRT' - abrt-action-analyze-oops: fix help text - we have no -s option - Help text fix - using "problem directory" consistently - abrt-dump-oops: add list of tainted modules to NOT_REPORTABLE string. Closes trac#821 - a-a-p-c-a: use ask_yes_no_yesforever() fn from reportclient - abrt-dump-oops: save /proc/modules contents. Partially closes trac#821 - add ureporter wrapper sending ureport only once per problem dir - introduce Desktop Session Autoreporting - add Autoreporting configuration options - abrt-action-analyze-xorg: robustify 'test "a" = "b"' against bugs - Collect ~/.xsession_errors from its new path, if it is there. Closes trac#791 - reflect recent libreport API changes .trac#822 - Indentation fix. No code changes. - minor fix to previous commit realted to .trac#541 - don't use gtk_main* when using gtk_application .trac#890 - minor fix to quit button - Make "Open problem data" open the expert mode GUI - Teach kernel oops hash to ignore "<IRQ>" / "<EOI>" prefixes. Closes rhbz#875852 - introduce DeleteElement D-Bus method - introduce SetElement D-Bus method - allow only one instance of gui trac#541 - runtests/bugzilla-comment-format: fix false positive AGAIN - update translations - a-a-p-c-a: use correct name in gettext initialization - Fix build system so that make rpm works again - runtests/bugzilla-comment-format: fix false positive - Improve xorg post-create. closes trac#838 - Update po files - fix problem occurrence counter updating algorithm - abrt-dbus: immediately return an error if not-existing problem is requested - bugzilla-comment-format: new test - a-a-p-c-a: use event python API instead of abrt-handle-event - doc: add dbus problems service specification * Mon Nov 26 2012 Jakub Filak jfilak@redhat.com 2.0.19-2 - update translations - Resolves: #879641 * Wed Nov 14 2012 Jakub Filak jfilak@redhat.com 2.0.19-1 - call g_type_init() only in GLib version < 2.35 - plugins/*_event.conf: use reporter-bz -F FMTFILE as appropriate - repeat unchaged retrace status message only in verbose mode - check the correct return value of yesforever answer - abrt-handle-event: forward event process requests to parent - don't leak optional retrace path and kernel tainted string - enhance koops tainted flag parser - Use "comment" element instead of "description" - Resolves: #873488 * Thu Nov 1 2012 Jakub Filak jfilak@redhat.com 2.0.18-1 - bugzilla-dupe-search: fix os_release to contain the same OS version as bug 755535 - Do not stop reporting when GConf entry is not found. Closes rhbz#869833 - Fix false positive caused by English language fix - pyhook: import inspect lazily - Resolves: #869833 * Wed Oct 24 2012 Jakub Filak jfilak@redhat.com 2.0.17-1 - provide a problem item containing versions of binaries listed in Xorg backtrace Adresses #867694 comment 1 - import rpm lazily - Resolves: #864324 * Wed Oct 17 2012 Jakub Filak jfilak@redhat.com 2.0.16-1 - xorg_event: make post-create save dmesg, drop problems w/ binary modules Partially addresses: #856790 - collect_xsession_errors should not fail if !xsession-errors Resolves: #866698 * Thu Oct 11 2012 Jakub Filak jfilak@redhat.com 2.0.15-1 - add collect_* event to reporting chains for CCpp/Python/Kernel - core-backtrace: make sure kernel version does not contain spaces - core-backtrace: also include '?' flag for kerneloops - don't check EXECUTABLE if it isn't present in list - retrace-client: check whether all included files are regular - abrt_exception_handler.py: save 'environ' element - add Makefile target release-fix - Make it possible for developer to disable crash processing for specific apps. Closes rhbz#848786 - s/Dump directory/Problem directory/ - Resolves: #864014, #864331, #848786 * Sun Oct 7 2012 Jakub Filak jfilak@redhat.com 2.0.14-2 - added forgotten Requires * Fri Oct 5 2012 Jakub Filak jfilak@redhat.com 2.0.14-1 - abrt-dump-oops: save /sys/kernel/debug/suspend_stats. Closes rhbz#787749 - abrt-hook-ccpp: save /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled value if it isn't "0". Closes rhbz#747870 - abrt-dump-oops: save /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled value if it isn't "0". Closes rhbz#747870 - abrt-action-analyze-oops: fail if we end up hashing "" (empty string). Closes rhbz#862013 - retrace-client: respect chrooted os_release in pkgcheck - Added oops_recursive_locking1.right to Makefile.am - fix koops-parser.at, remove bastardized copy of oops_recursive_locking1.test - add new oops example (currently fails, the fix is coming up) - fix oops jiffies time stamp counter removal code - trivia: s/dump/problem directory; fix false positive in oops-with-jiffies.right - testsuite: added f18 kickstart - open files for appned not for write rhbz#854266 - added more info about locking - rewrote with vda's comments rhbz#859724 - ccpp_event.conf: ignore crashes with nonzero TracerPid. Closes rhbz#812350 - show more info when abrtd can't acquire lock on pid, related to rhbz#859724 - abrt-hook-ccpp: save "proc_pid_status" element - use FILENAME_ABRT_VERSION instead of string literal - Fix pyhook test to reflect changes made in write_dump - trac#333: Add code generating dso_list to the python hook - spec: tui should require libreport-cli rhbz#859770 - trac#682: emit Crash DBus signal on org.freedesktop.problems bus - spec: added deps on elfutils rhbz#859674 - Resolves: #859674, #859770, #859724, #812350, #854266, #862013, #747870, #787749 * Fri Sep 21 2012 Jiri Moskovcak jmoskovc@redhat.com 2.0.13-1 - * Tue Aug 21 2012 Jakub Filak jfilak@redhat.com 2.0.12-1 - move abrtd.pid to /var/run/abrt/abrtd.pid - abrt-harvest-vmcore: add CopyVMcore config option to copy vmcores. Closes 448, rhbz#811733, rhbz#844679 - update po files rhzb#800784 - applet: fix a SEGV caused by notify_init() not being called - minor fix to pkg-config file - ignore results of setregid() and setreuid() after glibc update - hopefully fixed ugly applet icon rhbz#797078 - add update of abrt server database to event chains - Resolves: #761431, #811733, #844679, #797078 * Fri Aug 10 2012 Jakub Filak jfilak@redhat.com 2.0.11-2 - fix abrt-dbus crash if no element is found in GetInfo() - set sending-sensitive-data option to 'yes' for analyze_RetraceServer event * Thu Aug 2 2012 Jiri Moskovcak jmoskovc@redhat.com 2.0.11-1 - new upstream release - Resolves: #622773, #741222, #823299, #825116, #826058, #826800, #831333, #832085, #838842 * Tue May 22 2012 Jiri Moskovcak jmoskovc@redhat.com 2.0.10-4 - abrt-desktop should require abrt-retrace-client - Resolves: #823812 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References:
[ 1 ] Bug #892230 - abrtd-oops scanner does not detect divide errors https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892230 [ 2 ] Bug #895742 - Processing interrupted: can't continue without writable directory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895742 [ 3 ] Bug #826058 - Include full dmesg output for kernel bugs/warnings reports https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826058 [ 4 ] Bug #902828 - report.createPythonUnhandledExceptionSignature(**params) overrides the 'type' item of params if present https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902828 [ 5 ] Bug #859674 - abrt ccpp plugin should require elfutils https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859674 [ 6 ] Bug #859770 - abrt-tui should require libreport-cli https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859770 [ 7 ] Bug #859724 - ABRT doesn't get launched on crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859724 [ 8 ] Bug #812350 - RFE: SIGTRAP bugs are probably not caused by the application itself https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812350 [ 9 ] Bug #854266 - abrt should open its cache files for append, not write. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854266 [ 10 ] Bug #862013 - abrt's backtrace hashing is broken. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862013 [ 11 ] Bug #747870 - RFE: store information about FIPS mode https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747870 [ 12 ] Bug #787749 - report suspend stats in kernel bugs https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=787749 [ 13 ] Bug #859422 - [abrt] libreport-gtk-2.0.13-2.fc17: gtk_text_line_segment_split: Process /usr/bin/report-gtk was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859422 [ 14 ] Bug #861880 - Confusing warning message when reporting a problem https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861880 [ 15 ] Bug #861679 - [abrt] libreport-gtk-2.0.13-2.fc17: nanosleep: Process /usr/bin/report-gtk was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861679 [ 16 ] Bug #847816 - Typos in libreport messages and a comment https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847816 [ 17 ] Bug #908256 - abrt-desktop should require libreport-fedora https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908256 [ 18 ] Bug #908762 - Attaches backtrace and other data encoded https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908762 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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