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2008.09.03 17:31 "Re: Some security fixes from RHEL", by <ron@debian.org>
On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 10:11:39AM -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, Andrey Kiselev wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 05:21:50PM -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: >>> The 3.9.0beta package is currently not binary compatible with libtiff >>> 3.8.2. >> >> Please, remind me what's the problem with binary compatibility between >> 3.8.2 and 3.9? > > I am not positive. I believe that ron at debian.org expressed concern > some time ago so the concerns should be archived in the list. That probably would have been Jay < qjb @ d.o >, he maintains our tiff packages and keeps a pretty close eye on the symbol changes. > More than likely the issue is due to insertion of a couple more members > (UaToAa & Bitdepth16To8) toward the end of TIFFRGBAImage in tiffio.h > which blows any existing access to row_offset & col_offset. > A more careful analysis is necessary to assure there are no other > issues. That definitely rings a bell, and it was discussed here a while back if there is an intact archive. Ron