Hi Ricardo,
Your initial message feeling alone is from:
https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/33831
On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 07:47, Ricardo Wurmus <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Gstreamer framework generates a binary registry of discovered
> plugins in ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0/registry.ARCH.bin (where ARCH is the
> CPU architecture).
>
> This cache contains references to store items. Since the registry is
> not under the control of Guix it may go stale, causing Gstreamer to use
> old (and potentially vulnerable) plugins. A user may delete the
> registry as it will be recreated automatically.
>
> We should aim to build the registry in a profile hook. According to the
> gst-launch man page, the GST_REGISTRY environment variable can be used
> to override the defautl location of the registry file. When the
> GST_REGISTRY_UPDATE variable is set to “no”, Gstreamer won’t attempt to
> update the registry.
>
> PS: IBus has the same problem. See bug 22707.
If it’s still the case, WDYT to open a fresh ticket?
Well, this message being alone after all these years, I’m doubtful
someone will pick it; especially hidden in the depths of Debbugs. :-)
Cheers,
simon
