GNU bug report logs - #26390
Guitarix: Don't use webkitgtk-2.4

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 11:59:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 26390 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#26390: Guitarix: Don't use webkitgtk-2.4
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2017 14:31:06 +0200

Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> writes:

> Webkitgtk-2.4 is unmaintained upstream and contains a large number of
> security vulnerabilities. The webkitgtk developers have asked
> distributions to stop offering it. [0]
>
> This patch removes webkitgtk-2.4 from guitarix. Guitarix builds and
> starts without; I don't know what features are disabled.
>
> Ricardo, what do you think?

Sounds good to me!

Webkitgtk was added only somewhat recently to the dependencies.  When I
added it some time ago it was not optional AFAIR.  If you’ve built it
successfully without webkitgtk that’s great.

It was used for a built-in plugin browser, I think.

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Ricardo

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