251108 – games-fps/alephone has an internal copy of libexpat

Bug 251108 - games-fps/alephone has an internal copy of libexpat

Summary: games-fps/alephone has an internal copy of libexpat

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Games (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Games

URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:

Depends on:
Blocks:	bundled-libs CVE-2009-3720
	Show dependency tree

Reported:	2008-12-16 10:31 UTC by Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED)
Modified:	2010-04-25 01:07 UTC (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required:	---

Attachments
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.

Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-12-16 10:31:36 UTC

So when do you guys usually have coffee?

[I'm sincerely not sure what to write in the description of these bugs when I know you know why I report them...]

Comment 1 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-03-04 21:25:32 UTC

fixed.

Comment 2 Gregory Smith 2010-04-25 01:07:39 UTC

I am one of the Aleph One developers.

Using system Expat will break at least one major scenario, Rubicon X, that uses MacRoman characters in its XML configuration files without specifying it in the XML header.

I have applied the patch from 280615 to our SVN (r4176) for inclusion in 0.23.2. Please restore our Expat. I must say I am surprised at such a bizarre notion, that the use of a customized library internally is somehow a bug.