On 27. 04. 22 10:36, Joe Orton wrote:
On Thu, Apr 07, 2022 at 12:47:25PM -0400, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 12:24 PM Ben Cotton <bcotton(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>> == Detailed Description ==
>>
>> RPM 4.18 contains various improvements over previous versions, but in
>> particular this release addresses a whole class of symlink handling
>> related security issues, some with CVE's, from 2021. Other notable
>> improvements include
>> * A more intuitive conditional builds macro `%bcond`
>
> I looked this up[1] because it caught my attention. This is an
> extremely welcome change and I would like to shower praise upon
> everyone who worked on it.
Big +1 from me too, this is so good to see. Thanks Panu & all.
I like this so much I've opened Fedora 36 and 35 backports:
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/redhat-rpm-config/pull-request/182
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/redhat-rpm-config/pull-request/183
Will also try to see if this is technically possible in c9s.
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