Re: libsafe and Debian installation
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 12:32:54PM -0400, Shaya Potter wrote:
> Is there any good reason why an install of Debian should not ask the
> user if they want to install libsafe, and give them reasons why they
> would want to, and possibly not want to (overhead....)
Because no version of debian will release with it anytime soon;
thusly, modifying any existing installer to do this would be
premature.
> There are probably some other packages that also provide some real
> security, in a very easy to do manner that we should give users the
> option of using. Just having the package available doesn't make users
> aware of it.
>
> wondering what other people think,
* #129345: libsafe: breaks libgtk1.3-common postinst
* #140144: libsafe: Bypassing libsafe format string protection
I think it's buggy.
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