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 <[email protected]>, Andreas K. Hüttel <[email protected]>, # Matthias Maier <[email protected]> (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 <[email protected]> (20 May 2017) # Old versions of CUDA and their reverse dependencies. They do not
