573092 – dev-perl/Gtk2-WebKit removal request

Bug 573092 - dev-perl/Gtk2-WebKit removal request

Summary: dev-perl/Gtk2-WebKit removal request

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Perl team

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Keywords:	PMASKED

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Blocks:	CVE-2016-1723, CVE-2016-1724, CVE-2016-1725, CVE-2016-1726, CVE-2016-1727, CVE-2016-1728
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Reported:	2016-01-27 10:15 UTC by Pacho Ramos
Modified:	2016-12-13 11:35 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2016-01-27 10:15:47 UTC

It is unmaintained since 2011, looks to be optionally used by media-sound/gmusicbrowser:
media-sound/gmusicbrowser

and it's relying on old webkit-gtk:2 slot that has security issues. Maybe we should treeclean this

Thanks

Comment 1 Andreas K. Hüttel archtester

2016-05-21 23:27:58 UTC

commit dac3a3d7945159ae070a60c8efde87e687c7889e
Author: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>
Date:   Sun May 22 01:26:57 2016 +0200

    package.mask: mask dev-perl/Gtk2-WebKit for removal

Comment 2 Michał Górny archtester

2016-06-26 15:11:45 UTC

commit 98e6bc359bedf38fcdbfdd0cdec1b727d3f7699a
Author:     Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: Sun Jun 26 17:10:33 2016
Commit:     Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: Sun Jun 26 17:10:33 2016

    dev-perl/Gtk2-WebKit: Remove last rited packages