[Buildroot] [PATCH] glibc: bump default to version 2.23
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Wed Jun 22 15:27:47 UTC 2016
>>>>> "Gustavo" == Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo at zacarias.com.ar> writes:
> On 2016-06-22 12:13, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
>> Default to n-1 has been our tradition for gcc/binutils/glibc for ages.
>>
>>> We're using latest uclibc-ng if it's suitable/for example.
>>
>> Cause uclibc-ng doesn't evolve much beyond bug fixes at the moment, so
>> there's not really a good reason to not use the latest version.
>>
>> Thomas
> Hi.
> There are outstanding security bugs that haven't been patched in
> buildroot for 22/23 yet which are fixed in the upcoming 24 release,
> and 22 has fixes on top of 23 already.
> And these patches need rebasing between 22 and 23, so i'd rather keep
> moving forward with them than backward.
> By introducing 23 as stable sooner in the development cycle rather
> than later we can spot issues quicker while also avoiding unnecessary
> work in backporting security patches across a broader spectrum.
> Regards.
I don't have an issue as such with us more aggressively following glibc
development if we decide to do so, but this kind of information should
be included in the commit message.
--
Venlig hilsen,
Peter Korsgaard
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