Bug#825699: jessie-pu: package glibc/2.19-18+deb8u5
On 2016-05-29 12:03, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
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> On Sat, 2016-05-28 at 23:43 +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > I would like to upload a new glibc package for the next jessie release.
> > It's basically a pull from the upstream stable branch. It mostly fixes
> > security issues which do not warrant a separate DSA, a regression
> > introduced by CVE-2015-7547, and issues with *context functions on s390x
> > preventing docker to work.
> [...]
> > I am really sorry for sending that so late with regards to the deadline,
> > I really hope it can be included in the 8.5 release.
>
> It is rather late, yes, particularly for such a key package. :-(
>
> What's the urgency with getting this in for 8.5?
>
The idea is mostly to avoid having known security issues opened for too
long, but I understand it is quite late.
Regards,
Aurelien
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