On 2005-08-08 10:23:03 -0500, Mike Klinke wrote: > On Monday 08 August 2005 09:21, James Kosin wrote: > > JAMES' Unofficial Unsupported by RedHat, Redhat Fedora Core, and > > Redhat Fedora Legacy Groups! > > ~ Any support for my packages, will only come from me! There > > is no bugzilla for the packages, groups may not know what version > > you are talking about. The biggest support can come from ME or > > the source creators of the program. Although, any patches kept > > over from the Fedora Core packages are not supported by the > > vendor of the software. ~ My packages are usually re-packaged > > new versions of many programs. Nice disclaimer. Unfortunately people don't seem to read it. > > ZLib 1.2.3 > > ------------ > > Hmmmm, a private security fix? I was under the impression that > this is the kind of thing that's supposed to be addressed by the > Fedora Legacy Project. If so, isn't this going to be rather > confusing? Fedora Legacy has a different policy for security fixes: Patches are generally backported to the released version, upgrades to the newest version are avoided. > >Version 1.2.3 eliminates potential security vulnerabilities in > > zlib 1.2.1 and 1.2.2, so all users of those versions should > > upgrade immediately. The following important fixes are provided > > in zlib 1.2.3 over 1.2.1 and 1.2.2: > > For example, why is this identified with FC1 Probably because it was built for FC1. > when the "current" FC1 zlib package that's been released > ( http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/ ) is: > > rpm -qa | grep -i zlib > zlib-1.2.0.7-2.1.legacy So fedora legacy includes a patched version of zlib 1.2.0.7, and James offers a package for zlib 1.2.3. Where's the problem? hp -- _ | Peter J. Holzer | In our modern say,learn,know in a day |_|_) | Sysadmin WSR | world, perhaps being an expert is an | | | hjp@xxxxxxxxx | outdated concept. __/ | http://www.hjp.at/ | -- Catharine Drozdowski on dbi-users.
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