On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 11:55 PM Ken Moffat <zarniwh...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > Only since earlier this month :) That's really interesting to find out. >For BLFS, and indeed any flavour of 'nix, I will be surprised if >many people use zip files for general purposes. I only use them as >source if that is all that I can find (quite common for fonts, used >for some libreoffice and mozilla items). I build a lot of applications that have source in zip format. We're also using it at work. We exchange a lot of data with other agencies. I'm looking into adding some of the security patches and rebuilding from source to use at work on an AIX system now. >Accordingly, I have little use for zip, and for unzip all I require >is that it can handle all the files I need it to extract. I've no >idea what forms of compression might be used in those files. Saw some interesting information on what formats were supported at the following link along with some information on the history of the zip format: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20762094/how-are-zlib-gzip-and-zip-related-what-do-they-have-in-common-and-how-are-they >It would certainly be on-topic for BLFS-support, but might not get >any answers. Like Flareon I'm much more interested in patching for >security (or for build problems with current toolchains). Was wondering what resources others use to look up security issues and fixes. I typically just check some of the main distributions (like Debian) and see what patches they've added to deal with security. I'm sure there are better ways to keep up with that type of information. Any recommendations? Thanks. Appreciate reading the comments on this topic. Thanks for the replies. Sincerely, Laura
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