On Sun, Mar 16, at 06:09 Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > Hello, > > BLFS currently includes a patch, > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/svn/pcre-7.6-abi_breakage-1.patch, > > that is meant to preserve binary compatibility with old versions. I.e., > without > the patch, one has to recompile all dependent packages when upgrading from > PCRE > < 7.6 to 7.6. However, do we really care about binary compatibility in BLFS? > The > only reason this patch may be needed in a source-based distro is to preserve > compatibility with commercial binary-only programs linked against old PCRE. >
First sorry for my absence, Now, I guess it doesn't really make sense to apply the patch in a fixed Book release and (your reasoning) is a good excuse (and safe) to remove it when we branch; (but) it does make sense for those who wants to upgrade to a pcre-7.6 version (which fixes the known vulnerabilities in previous releases) and don't want to re-compile all the packages that got linked against an old pcre. [remembers me of something: How the people who don't normally re-build frequently, taking notices about security issues? We used to have a security list but the last message is two years old. Personally I am taking the GLSA(Gentoo Linux Security Advisory) alerts.] In any case the patch applied upstream, so (personally) I don't find any harm to keep it in. -- http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Hacking -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
