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From: "W.Kenworthy" <billk@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] org-x11 GLSA 200509-07. Is bug #96053 fixed in -r3? (black icons)
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 03:22:40
Message-Id: 1126667838.23855.80.camel@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] org-x11 GLSA 200509-07. Is bug #96053 fixed in -r3? (black icons) by Barry.SCHWARTZ@chemoelectric.org
1 I do do that at times, but in this case the quickest was to start the
2 emerge (glsa-check -f package) then CTRL-Z it after the unpack, but
3 before the patch stage (easy because there are so many patches), delete
4 patch 9914*, foreground (fg) the job and it works.
5
6 My reason for starting this thread was not to flame, but try and add
7 weight to others who have added to the original, long standing bug about
8 this to get this patch formally deleted from the stable branch as its
9 manifestly not needed for the majority of users. The very small group
10 who do need this patch are using gcc4 which is hardly mainstream. Even
11 though the comment was this patch was applied upstream, its actually
12 physically applied by the ebuild, so why cant the ebuild just not apply
13 it?
14
15 BillK
16
17 On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 21:56 -0500, Barry.SCHWARTZ@×××××××××××××.org
18 wrote:
19 > "W.Kenworthy" <billk@×××××××××.au> skribis:
20 > > 4. Everybodies requirements are different: unless devs get feedback on
21 > > whats important to users, how would they know. I acknowledge that whats
22 > > important to devs is not neccessarily going to gel for the users, but
23 > > the fact that gentoo now does not have a usable desktop for a large part
24 > > of its user community should be a concern for all.
25 >
26 > You could likely use the upstream version rather than the Gentoo
27 > percolated product. That's what I do with my kernel patches, partly
28 > for similar reasons as what you are dealing with.
29 >
30 >
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Re: [gentoo-security] org-x11 GLSA 200509-07. Is bug #96053 fixed in -r3? (black icons) Alec Warner <warnera6@×××××××.edu>