Re: Fwd: Re: [the3dfxdude/7kaa] Please use standard libuuid (#68)
On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 12:42 AM, Markus Koschany wrote:
> The general answer is that it is better to make everything work with
> Debian's system libraries. Of course there are exceptions. If I replaced
> the embedded code copies in spring or megaglest, then both games would
> become unusable in multi-player mode because the clients would fail to
> synchronize on different platforms. If 7kaa faced a similar fate, I
> would keep the embedded libuuid library. But depending on how much work
> is required to replace the lib, it might be worth the effort. You should
> also take the maintainability of your patch into account when making
> that decision though.
If you end up using an embedded code copy, please let the security
team know about it:
https://wiki.debian.org/EmbeddedCodeCopies
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pabs
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