[Pan-users] Re: Pan-users Digest, Vol 26, Issue 13

[George Czerw]

** Reply to message from address@hidden on Mon, 31 Jan
2005 11:54:25 +0000 (GMT)


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> George Czerw posted <address@hidden>, excerpted below, 
> on Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:44:09 -0500:
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> > I'm having the same problem here with long posts, and no lines over the 80
> > character limit.  You can compose your reply, but as soon as you hit the
> > "send" button, PAN freezes up!  At first, I thought that it was a problem
> > with the editor, but I've tried all the other editors and the same thing
> > happens in each of them.
> > 
> > FWIW _ I'm using Mandrake 10.1OE and gtk+2.0-2.6.0-3mdk.
> 
> OK, so we know 2.6.1 is bad (multiple confirmations from multiple
> distribs), we have one bad vote for 2.6.0, and all reports from 2.4.x seem
> to say that works, including folks that had problems with 2.6.x but had
> them go away when they reverted.
> 
> We also have one report from Mandrake Cooker saying Mandrake's 2.6.1-3mdk
> works as it has been patched.
> 
> Unless there are reports to the contrary, therefore, it appears 2.6.x is
> bugged in this regard, unless it is patched to correct the bug, as the
> 2.6.1-3mdk version appears to be.  2.4.x appears to be fine, and now that
> we see what's happening, 2.6.1 will hopefully be patched rather quickly
> by all major distribs.
> 
> I'm going to check out the Mdk changelog a bit more and do some other
> checks, and get back to the list, within 24-36 hours (if events haven't
> already leapt ahead of me by then <g>). Thanks, everyone, for your
> reports. It's helping develop the picture of what's going on far more
> rapidly than I would have expected.

OK, I went out to http://rpmfind.pbone.net, searched , downloaded and
installed
all of the appropriate gtk+2 RPMs for version 2.6.1-3mdk.  PAN works
fine now!

George