Could someone please tell me what the difference is between these two files?
qpopper4.0.5-no-test.tar.gz qpopper4.0.5.tar.gz
Does "no-test" mean it is not a test-version? Or does it mean it contains no tests?
The 'no-test' tarball omits the extensive test files. Since the test files are of little interest to anyone except developers (and only test certain aspects), the 'no-test' tarball provides a smaller, and hence more convenient, distribution.
I am not real happy with the way Qualcom has sprung the bad news on people, along with supplying a workable exploit to use. That is like saying, "Hey, here is a ready-made way to hack your server; and guess what? Your admin does not know about it yet! Go for it!"
This is not the case. Qualcomm learned of the exploit at the same time and the same way as everyone else: the exploit was announced in a public mailing list. Qualcomm was not informed in advance. As soon as I became aware of the exploit, I worked as fast as I could to verify it and produce a high-quality fix.
What lead you to think that Qualcomm had announced the exploit?
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