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libxfont package

merge 1:1.3.3-1 from unstable/main

Bug #260727 reported by StefanPotyra on 2008-08-23

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	libxfont (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Hi,

attached is a prepared debdiff, but I'm a bit sceptical about the following change:
  * Disable the type1 rasterizer and support for speedo font files. The
    former is a security hazard, and Speedo fonts are disabled in the X server
    since before etch anyway.

(which is --disable-type1 --disable-speedo to configure).

attached is a debdiff (which however doesn't close this bug).

Cheers,
Stefan.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/libxfont

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StefanPotyra (sistpoty) wrote on 2008-08-23:

libxfont_1.3.3-1_to_1.3.3-1ubuntu1.debdiff Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain)

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StefanPotyra (sistpoty) wrote on 2008-08-23:

oh, please build with -v1:1.3.2-1ubuntu1, thanks!

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2008-08-23:

This bug was fixed in the package libxfont - 1:1.3.3-1ubuntu1

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libxfont (1:1.3.3-1ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Merge from unstable (LP: #260727), remaining change:
    debian/rules: explicitely unset LDFLAGS in order to avoid that
    "-Bsymbolic-functions" will get set: libxfont contains a number
    of weak symbols, which are meant to be overridden (cf. LP 226156).

libxfont (1:1.3.3-1) unstable; urgency=high

  [ Julien Cristau ]
  * Drop dependency on x11-common from libxfont1{,-dbg}.
  * New upstream bugfix release.
  * Disable the type1 rasterizer and support for speedo font files. The
    former is a security hazard, and Speedo fonts are disabled in the X server
    since before etch anyway.
  * Urgency high so the above gets in lenny.

  [ Brice Goglin ]
  * Add upstream URL to debian/copyright.
  * Add a link to www.X.org and a reference to the upstream module
    in the long description.

-- Stefan Potyra <email address hidden> Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:27:29 +0200