Bug#924641: unblock: rsync/3.1.3-6
On 15/03/2019 15:15, Paul Slootman wrote:
> On Fri 15 Mar 2019, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
>> On 15/03/2019 11:35, Paul Slootman wrote:
>>> Package: release.debian.org
>>> Severity: normal
>>> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
>>> Usertags: unblock
>>>
>>> Please unblock package rsync
>>>
>>> There is a grave bug #924509 reported against rsync, due to some CVEs
>>> from 2016 on the zlib code that haven't been patched yet. This version
>>> only adds the patches from those 4 CVEs.
>>
>> It also changes the strip invocation on d/rules. Why?
>
> Hmm, I'l have to reinvestigate how I make the debdiff, as that didn't
> show that, which is why I didn't notice this.
>
> I had changed that already a month ago, but hadn't needed to upload a
> new version in the meantime (and forgot about this change in the
> meantime). The change in strip invocation was to comply with policy
> 4.3.0:
>
> -----
> 10.1
> By default all installed binaries should be stripped by calling
>
> strip --strip-unneeded --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note binaries
>
> on the binaries after they have been copied into "debian/tmp" but
> before the tree is made into a package.
> -----
>
>
> Do you prefer I build a new version with that change reverted?
No, it's fine. I'll unblock it.
Emilio
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