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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: libgcrypt: Update to 1.6.5. (security update)
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:46:03 -0500
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To: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
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Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> writes:

> Hello,
>
> On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 03:15:38PM -0500, Mark H Weaver wrote:
>> Alas, this will require at least 7000 rebuilds.  After the current
>> 'security-updates' branch is merged, this should go on the next
>> 'security-updates' branch, together with more fixes for graphite2 and
>> libsndfile.
>
> it looks like we are almost there. Do you think we could squeeze in an
> evaluation and build of wip-pulseaudio after updating master and rebasing
> the wip branch on master?

I'm reluctant to delay a critical security update like this, which
apparently allows a compromised web site to perform remote code
execution in our graphical web browsers.  I, for one, am running
text-only for now, and am impatient to return back to the modern era.

What's the nature of the pulseaudio update?  Why is it important?

What do other people think?

      Mark