270830 – net-misc/mediatomb bundles a copy of libuuid

Bug 270830 - net-misc/mediatomb bundles a copy of libuuid

Summary: net-misc/mediatomb bundles a copy of libuuid

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Media-video project

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Blocks:	bundled-libs
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Reported:	2009-05-22 14:25 UTC by Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED)
Modified:	2012-10-02 03:33 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Flags:	darkside: Bugday+

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Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-05-22 14:25:01 UTC

Funtastic...

Comment 1 Ihar Hrachyshka 2009-08-30 15:31:06 UTC

BTW it infringes Theodor Ts'o (original libuuid author) BSD license too (copyright BSD-like notive replaced with LGPL notice).

Comment 2 Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-09-28 02:54:55 UTC

I do not see how this is a security concern currently, removing the alias. Please readd if you feel there is a reason for us to follow this bug.

Comment 3 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) archtester

2010-04-08 15:54:21 UTC

If anyone is available to help remove this, I will consider it. Thanks.

Comment 4 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2012-10-02 03:33:02 UTC

should be all set now in the tree; thanks for the report!

Commit message: Use libuuid from util-linux
http://sources.gentoo.org/net-misc/mediatomb/files/mediatomb-0.12.1-system-uuid.patch?rev=1.1
http://sources.gentoo.org/net-misc/mediatomb/mediatomb-0.12.1-r3.ebuild?rev=1.1