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   <H1>[Mageia-dev] [RFE] Bundled copies of system libraries - call	for participation</H1>
    <B>David Walser</B> 
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<PRE>Florian Hubold wrote:
&gt;<i> I've just whipped up
</I>&gt;<i> <A HREF="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_carrying_bundled_copies_of_system_libraries">https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_carrying_bundled_copies_of_system_libraries</A>
</I>&gt;<i> 
</I>&gt;<i> It's purpose is listing and maybe documenting the reasons why
</I>&gt;<i> some packages carry bundled copies of system libraries. I've begun
</I>&gt;<i> with ffmpeg, as it has a rather bad record for security updates on
</I>&gt;<i> Mageia 1 IMHO, as some security updates would almost have been
</I>&gt;<i> missed, some were delayed for a long time, and some wouldn't
</I>&gt;<i> have been noticed unless by accident.
</I>&gt;<i> 
</I>&gt;<i> Please, every packager participate, and list the packages you know about.
</I>&gt;<i> Another good example would be xulrunner.
</I>&gt;<i> 
</I>&gt;<i> 
</I>&gt;<i> PS: Maybe it should also be used to documented the packages which
</I>&gt;<i> require some static linking, and the reasons, if there are any of these.
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Thanks Florian.

Another thing that would be helpful related to this would be to have an install of rq in the Mageia infrastructure:
<A HREF="https://fedorahosted.org/rq/">https://fedorahosted.org/rq/</A>

It can be used to see when some code is affected by a security vulnerability if any other packages contain the same code.

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