Bug#550441: marked as done (advi: statically links to camlimages)
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has caused the Debian Bug report #550441,
regarding advi: statically links to camlimages
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package: advi
version: 1.6.0-14+b1
severity: important
tags: security
hi,
advi statically links to camlimages, which makes security updates very
complicated. please update advi to dynamically link to camlimages.
thanks.
mike
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--- Begin Message ---
Stéphane Glondu a écrit :
> Michael S Gilbert a écrit :
>> advi statically links to camlimages, which makes security updates very
>> complicated. please update advi to dynamically link to camlimages.
>> thanks.
>
> Unfortunately, this is not possible without making significant changes
> to advi (and/or OCaml itself). Almost all programs written in OCaml
> suffer from this limitation. I had already asked to have advi be
> recompiled with the new camlimages, but the request got lost somehow
> (maybe Mehdi can give more information on this).
>
AFAICS, the version of advi currently in unstable/testing (1.6.0-14+b1)
is not affected since it was built with the latest (fixed) version of
camlimages.
Hence, I'm closing this bugreport.
Cheers,
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Mehdi Dogguy مهدي الدڤي
mehdi@{dogguy.org,debian.org}
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