On Mon, 2012-10-29 at 12:31:13 +0100, Matthias Klose wrote:
> Package: dpkg
>
> glibc-2.16 adds an extra warning when _FORTIFY_SOURCE is defined
> without -O >1. This macro should not be defined if noopt is in
> effect in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS.
>
> I didn't check for combinations of hardening flags a
Package: dpkg
glibc-2.16 adds an extra warning when _FORTIFY_SOURCE is defined without -O >1.
This macro should not be defined if noopt is in effect in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS.
I didn't check for combinations of hardening flags and noopt needing this change
as well.
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=g
Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> Surely you don't have to invent X ways to identify the OS just because
> you want to identify it in different contexts?
Yes, I think this is where we disagree.
> Using a single source is just a better design that avoids mistakes
> where /etc/dpkg/origins/default says Deb
On Mon, 29 Oct 2012, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Raphael Hertzog wrote:
>
> > In both cases the purpose of the file is to provide identification
> > information about the OS.
>
> Identification for what purpose? So I know which programmer to
> complain to when running into compatibility bugs, like
Guillem Jover wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-10-28 at 02:53:57 -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> Here's another try at putting it in the description of --export. What
>> do you think?
>
> Certainly an improvement, although I'm not yet sold on the embedded
> examples, it would probably also make more sense
Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> In both cases the purpose of the file is to provide identification
> information about the OS.
Identification for what purpose? So I know which programmer to
complain to when running into compatibility bugs, like the HTTP
User-Agent field? For display and theming? To d
On Sun, 28 Oct 2012, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Raphael Hertzog wrote:
>
> > Why would it be better to deploy a
> > dpkg-specific file over a generic file even if dpkg is the only software
> > making use of that generic file?
>
> Because it makes the purpose of the
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