Bug#825699: jessie-pu: package glibc/2.19-18+deb8u5
On Sun, 2016-05-29 at 14:48 +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> On 2016-05-29 12:03, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
> >
> > 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.
Are any of them a particular issue in practical terms? Whilst I
appreciate the desire to not have known issues unfixed, and your work on
the package, I fear we're too late for 8.5 now.
Regards,
Adam
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