From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Handling =?utf-8?B?4oCYZmlsZeKAmQ==?= CVE Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:41:17 +0100 Message-ID: <87389nl6wi.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47805) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XorqE-0000Qu-Ty for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:41:39 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xorq5-0003ox-5B for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:41:30 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([2a01:474::1]:54617) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xorq4-0003m2-Ub for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:41:21 -0500 List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Guix-devel , "Mark H. Weaver" Commit 3940c5c makes a replacement for =E2=80=98file=E2=80=99, so that the = new version of file (5.20), which fixes a security vulnerability, is now grafted onto packages that are installed. I wonder if using a replacement makes sense here, because few packages actually retain a dependency on =E2=80=98file=E2=80=99, and since grafting = is conservative, we graft anything that might retain a dependency on =E2=80=98file=E2=80=99, which means everything. What about this other option: make another public package, =E2=80=98file-5.= 20=E2=80=99, next to =E2=80=98file=E2=80=99, such that when a user explicitly installs = =E2=80=98file=E2=80=99, they get the new one? That won=E2=80=99t address people referring to =E2=80=98file=E2=80=99 (the = variable) in their OS configuration, though. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.