Bug 260259

Summary:	GDAL should use internal geotiff and libtiff
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Markus Neteler <neteler>
Component:	[OLD] Library	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	loki_val
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Markus Neteler 2009-02-25 15:32:04 UTC

To reduce the number of external dependencies of GDAL, please configure with

--with-geotiff=internal
--with-libtiff=internal

since GDAL contains copies of these libraries.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Peter Alfredsen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-02-25 16:31:41 UTC

And then when a security vulnerability comes around we're supposed to keep track of all the programs that contain copies of these libraries? Thank you for your but we'll have to decline.

Comment 2 Markus Neteler 2009-02-25 18:33:12 UTC

Hint: You need to know that the GDAL main developer and the geotiff/libtiff main developer are the same person.

Comment 3 Peter Alfredsen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-02-25 19:02:43 UTC

If you have a reason that makes sense from the point of view of a distro that tries to reduce compilation of the same code and ease maintainability, do tell. But you'll need good reasons since it's Gentoo policy to use shared libraries whereever possible.