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Re: libffi & fork

On 04/29/2012 06:58 PM, Anthony Green wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Gaash Hazan <gaash@qwilt.com> wrote:
>> The selinux detected problem was fixed in
>> https://github.com/atgreen/libffi/commit/eaf444eabc4c78703c0f98ac0197b1619c1b1bef#src/closures.c
>> (closures.c line 149)
>>
>> Unfortunately Redhat 6.2 and 6.3-bets uses libffi 3.0.5 that has this problem.
> 
> Thanks Gaash.
> 
> Andrew - it would be nice if we could upgrade RHEL's libffi to a
> non-ABI breaking 3.0.10.  If, however, it makes more sense to
> cherry-pick patches since 3.0.5, I can see some nice ones from mjw and
> jakub back in 2010, and there are likely more.  If you think we should
> open an RFE I can propose some specific patches for consideration.
> There may only be 4 or 5 and they are all pretty obvious.

I think we should do that.

Andrew.
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