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>From: William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> |
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>Reply-To: gentoo-security@l.g.o |
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>To: gentoo-security@l.g.o |
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>Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] org-x11 GLSA 200509-07. Is bug #96053 |
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>fixedin -r3? (black icons) |
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>Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 07:28:56 +0800 |
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>I'm using the workaround of manually deleting the problem patch during |
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>the build. |
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>The problem for gentoo that I see is that with the removal of -r1 (and |
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>xfree being the only viable alternative is not available either), gentoo |
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>does not have a usable desktop for those actually using it in |
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>production, so this should be viewed as a serious issue that requires |
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>active resolution - just leaving this issue in place until we catch up |
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>with upstream means this is going to become a running sore for gentoo. |
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>We (the users) need a stable, secure, and working X. |
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>BillK |
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>On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 11:03 -0400, Seemant Kulleen wrote: |
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> > On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 06:59:21AM +0800, W.Kenworthy wrote: |
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> > > Re the xorg-x11 GLSA 200509-07. Is bug #96053 fixed in -r3? The -r2 |
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> > > version is unusable for me because of this. |
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> > > According to the bug its resolved, fixed upstream, but there is no |
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> > > detail which versions of xorg it applies to. |
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> > > BillK |
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> > Hi Bill, |
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> > -r3 is just a simple security bump from -r2, so it should have all the |
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> > characteristics of -r2 except for that buffer overflow issue with pixmap |
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> > memory requests. So yeah, you'll still see black icons, but please do |
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> > track the upstream bug: |
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> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3781 |
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> > Thanks, |
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> > Seemant |
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>William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> |
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