[Buildroot] [git commit branch/next] package/glibc: security bump to 2.27

Peter Korsgaard peter at korsgaard.com
Tue Feb 6 13:51:40 UTC 2018


>>>>> "Baruch" == Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il> writes:

 > Hi Yann,
 > On Tue, Feb 06, 2018 at 01:45:36PM +0100, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
 >> On 2018-02-06 13:41 +0100, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
 >> > commit: https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=c032e6825ad96e6d4b69cecde2402c02a2a356b5
 >> > branch: https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=refs/heads/next
 >> 
 >> Subject says "security bump". Sorry, but this is not a security bump.
 >> This is a normal bump that happens to have security fixes.
 >> 
 >> Otherwise, almost any bump of almost any package is a security bump...

 > When we know that a package bump fixes a known security issue we usually note 
 > that in the subject line. Look for 'security' in commit subjects. You will 
 > find that many (most?) are just version bumps.

Indeed, this is in line with the other commits. It is somewhat sad that
glibc does not separate security fixes from feature releases, but that's
how it is.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard



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