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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Difficulty fixing GLSA 201512-07 (gstreamer-0.10)
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2016 16:26:53
Message-Id: CAN0CFw1Q2ODk9aiDJ3o+bQVaW=CDvrRpE0urCDoq5087OfL9Jg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Difficulty fixing GLSA 201512-07 (gstreamer-0.10) by "»Q«"
1 >> >> GLSA 201512-07 requires that I remove gstreamer-0.10 but I'm
2 >> >> finding it rather inextricable due to dependencies. Has anyone
3 >> >> else run into this problem?
4 >> >
5 >> > I think this is another case of glsa-check not handling slots
6 >> > correctly.
7 >>
8 >> I believe it handles ranges fine, but it seems that we occasionally
9 >> have GLSAs that don't correctly specify ranges. You can log a bug
10 >> against it.
11 >
12 > AFAICT, details of the gstreamer bug itself haven't been made public
13 > yet, and nobody is sure whether the unmaintained 0.10 branch needs a
14 > patch. See <https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=553742#c11> and
15 > the following comment.
16
17
18 So everyone is just living with the supposed security vulnerability on
19 their system?
20
21 - Grant

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Difficulty fixing GLSA 201512-07 (gstreamer-0.10) Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
[gentoo-user] Re: Difficulty fixing GLSA 201512-07 (gstreamer-0.10) "»Q«" <boxcars@×××.net>