Description of problem:
With last package of asterisk 1.6.1.17, followme does not work


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1.6.1.17-1-fc12

How reproducible:
everytime

Steps to Reproduce:
1. yum update asterisk
2. try to make a call on an extension with followme attributes
3. pickup the phone on the second extension
  
Actual results:
No message "You have an incoming call, press 1..."
logs :
-- SIP/6002-0000000d answered Local/6002@DLPN_DialPlan1-5413;2
  == Spawn extension (macro-stdexten-followme, s, 3) exited non-zero on 'Local/6002@DLPN_DialPlan1-5413;2' in macro 'stdexten-followme'

Expected results:
The message should be displayed and the followme application should do her job

Additional info:
The bug has been reported in asterisk issue tracker : https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=16929
It should be corrected in asterisk 1.6.1.18

Is there any way to release an asterisk 1.6.1.17 version with the following patch ?

*** apps/app_followme.c 2010-04-07 13:04:47.000000000 -1000
--- apps/app_followme.c_patched 2010-04-06 21:40:27.000000000 -1000
***************
*** 795,796 ****
--- 795,798 ----
                        if (outbound) {
+                                 outbound->appl = "AppFollowme";
+                                 outbound->data = "(Outgoing Line)";
                                ast_set_callerid(outbound, caller->cid.cid_num, caller->cid.cid_name, caller->cid.cid_num);