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libtiff: patch for many CVEs #19710

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@grahamc grahamc commented Oct 20, 2016

Motivation for this change

https://lwn.net/Vulnerabilities/703467/
#19678

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  • Tested using sandboxing
    (nix.useSandbox on NixOS,
    or option build-use-sandbox in nix.conf
    on non-NixOS)
  • Built on platform(s)
    • NixOS
    • OS X
    • Linux
  • Tested compilation of all pkgs that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nox --run "nox-review wip"
  • Tested execution of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
  • Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

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{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, zlib, libjpeg, xz }:
{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, zlib, libjpeg, xz }:
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Is fetchpatch new? I've never seen it used...

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Not super new. It basically normalizes then hashes patches to account for possible variations in patch autogeneration processes, like from GitHub.

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LGTM, does this need a port to 16.09?

@NeQuissimus NeQuissimus added 1.severity: security Issues which raise a security issue, or PRs that fix one 8.has: package (update) This PR updates a package to a newer version labels Oct 20, 2016
@grahamc grahamc added the 9.needs: port to stable A PR needs a backport to the stable release. label Oct 20, 2016
@grahamc grahamc merged commit e9e34e0 into NixOS:master Oct 20, 2016
@grahamc grahamc deleted the libtiff branch October 20, 2016 21:11
@grahamc grahamc removed the 9.needs: port to stable A PR needs a backport to the stable release. label Oct 20, 2016
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