Changeset 9c12b93

Timestamp:

02/25/2022 04:45:10 AM (2 years ago)

Author:

Thomas Trepl (Moody) <thomas@…>

Branches:

multilib

Children:

14d25ef

Parents:

f7cac90f (diff), b0a6b0c (diff)
Note: this is a merge changeset, the changes displayed below correspond to the merge itself.
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Message:

Automatic merge of trunk into multilib

Location:

chapter03

Files:

• introduction.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• packages.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter03/introduction.xml

@@ -15 +15 @@
   versions of the software that are known to work, and this book is based on
   their use. We highly recommend against using different versions because the build
-  commands for one version may not work with a different version. The newest package
-  versions may also have problems that require work-arounds. These work-arounds
-  will be developed and stabilized in the development version of the
-  book.</para>
+  commands for one version may not work with a different version, unless the
+  different version is specified by a LFS errata or security advisory.
+  The newest package versions may also have problems that require
+  work-arounds. These work-arounds will be developed and stabilized in the
+  development version of the book.</para>
 
   <para>For some packages, the release tarball and the (Git or SVN)

chapter03/packages.xml

@@ -174 +174 @@
         <para>Download: <ulink url="&expat-url;"/></para>
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&expat-md5;</literal></para>
+        <note>
+          <para>The upstream may remove tarballs of the specific releases of
+          <application>Expat</application> when these releases contain a
+          security vulnerability.  You should refer to
+          <ulink url='&lfs-root;lfs/advisories/'>LFS security advisories</ulink>
+          to figure out which version (with the vulnerability fixed) should
+          be used.  You may download the vulnerable version from a mirror,
+          but it's not recommended.</para>
+        </note>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>