On Thu, 2017-04-13 at 23:19 +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > I would like to upload a new glibc package for the next jessie release. > Here is the changelog with some additional comment: > > * Update from upstream stable branch: > - Fix PowerPC sqrt inaccuracy. Closes: #855606. > > This fixes a regression introduced in glibc 2.19-18+deb8u7, which > slightly lower the precision of the sqrt function on PowerPC. This > notably causes failures in the postgresql testsuite. This code is > already present in stretch/sid. > > * patches/any/cvs-resolv-internal-qtype.diff: patch from upstream to fix a > NULL pointer dereference in libresolv when receiving a T_UNSPEC internal > QTYPE (CVE-2015-5180). Closes: #796106. > > This is a long standing security issue that has been fixed recently. > It basically change the value of a constant so that it can't only be > generated internally. The patch is already present in stretch/sid.
While I doubt that either of the above should have any noticeable effect on the installer, I'd appreciate a d-i ack in any case; CCing. Regards, Adam
