Hi Norbert! Norbert Preining [2005-10-06 12:19 +0200]: > On Don, 06 Okt 2005, Martin Pitt wrote: > > Since the previously proposed patch is very intrusive and not really > > appropriate for a security update, I created my own minimal patch: > > > > http://patches.ubuntu.com/patches/texinfo.CAN-2005-3011.diff > > This one seems to be a bit limited.
As far as I can see, it should prevent the race condition as good as your patch. > Maybe you want to take a look into the patch I included into > texinfo_4.8-1 (uploaded soon, sponsored by Frank), which is more or > less the CVS fix of Karl. I'm aware of this patch, but it is far too intrusive (for my taste) as a patch for a security update for a stable release. It was meant to be an appropirate fix for Sarge and Ubuntu stable releases; I didn't want you to change the Sid patch, that's fine. :-) Martin -- Martin Pitt http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com Debian Developer http://www.debian.org In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
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