Hullo masters, gnome-pilot version 2.0.14 released in Edgy contains a fairly serious bug, explained at https://bugs.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-pilot/+bug/66355 , which caused Palm syncing through a USB connection to crash or, in my case, wipe the memory from the PDA. Needless to say, gnome-pilot 2.0.14 is useless and dangerous to Palm users who try to sync with their USB cable.
The bug has been patched upstream and in Feisty but I don't think it qualifies for a backport because the new version depends upon updated C libraries and, I imagine, my request would be summarily rejected. However, Matt Davey patched version of 2.0.14 and it appears to fix the problem. The fix is at http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mcdavey/downloads/ . I'm wondering, for the benefit of everyone using Edgy and needing to sync their Palms, whether the MotU would consider releasing this patch as a security update given the regressiveness and threat of data loss using 2.0.14. With thanks, Borden Rhodes
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