[gentoo-commits] repo/gentoo:master commit in: profiles/

[Matthias Maier]

commit:     aa57c4a8ee21fa208a21388c1291260c1dd8c389
Author:     Matthias Maier <tamiko <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Thu Jun  8 16:20:38 2017 +0000
Commit:     Matthias Maier <tamiko <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Mon Jun 19 15:14:52 2017 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=aa57c4a8

profiles: Mask all glibc versions older than 2.23

 profiles/package.mask | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index abadf5f0528..98e10eb8a7e 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -579,14 +579,17 @@ media-libs/lv2-ui
 
 # Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o>, Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@g.o>,
 # Matthias Maier <tamiko@g.o> (21 May 2017)
-# Those old versions of GCC are no longer really supported and are not
-# suitable for use as a system-wide compiler. Using them can result
-# in build failures (and possible breakage) for many packages.
+# These old versions of toolchain packages (binutils, gcc, glibc) are no
+# longer officially supported and are not suitable for general use. Using
+# these packages can result in build failures (and possible breakage) for
+# many packages, and may leave your system vulnerable to known security
+# exploits.
 #
-# If you still use one of these as your system compiler, please upgrade
-# and switch the compiler ASAP. If you need them for a specific (isolated)
-# use case, feel free to unmask them on your system.
+# If you still use one of these old toolchain packages, please upgrade (and
+# in case of gcc switch the compiler) ASAP. If you need them for a specific
+# (isolated) use case, feel free to unmask them on your system.
 <sys-devel/gcc-4.9
+<sys-libs/glibc-2.23
 
 # Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> (20 May 2017)
 # Old versions of CUDA and their reverse dependencies. They do not