m4-1.4.14.tar.xz 24-Feb-2010 21:34 899K
GNU M4 NEWS - User visible changes. * Noteworthy changes in Version 1.4.14 (2010-02-24) [stable] Released by Eric Blake, based on git version 1.4.13.* ** Fix regression introduced in 1.4.12 where executing with stdout closed could crash m4 on exit on some platforms. ** Fix regressions introduced in 1.4.13 in the `esyscmd' builtin, where closed file descriptors could interfere with child execution, and where a child status of 127 made m4 print a spurious message to stderr. ** Fix a security hole in 'make dist', present since at least M4 1.4, that could affect anybody attempting to redistribute modified sources (see Automake CVE-2009-4029). ** A number of portability improvements inherited from gnulib.
Thanks for the report. base-system, please provide an updated ebuild.
now in the tree
That build failure is unrelated to m4. Removing from dependencies.
m4-1.4.14-r1 is ready for stabilization ... it contains only build fixes over 1.4.14 for systems that arent stable
amd64 done
x86 stable
Stable for HPPA.
Stable for PPC.
alpha/arm/ia64/s390/sh stable
sparc stable
ppc64 done
GLSA request filed.
This issue was resolved and addressed in GLSA 201412-08 at http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-08.xml by GLSA coordinator Sean Amoss (ackle).