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[PATCH] gnu: vim: Update to 8.0.0727 [fixes CVE-2017-11109].

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From: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>, 27770-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#27770] [PATCH] gnu: vim: Update to 8.0.0727 [fixes	CVE-2017-11109].
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2017 16:54:46 +0200

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

> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 01:44:36AM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
>> vim-full fails its tests with this update. I've noticed from previous
>> discussion that the test suite is flaky with vim-full. What do you
>> suggest?
>
> In 3c14378381fc1f187a07b2f958eeed1958f02672, I updated vim and kept
> vim-full at 8.0.0600.
>
> This means that vim-full is still vulnerable to CVE-2017-11109.
>
> I'll remove the vim-full package in 1 week (July 28) unless we have a
> fix for this bug.

FWIW I believe the root cause of at least some of the failing GUI tests
have been found:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/vim_dev/_a9DYXDuZ1I/Mb2c3lUbBgAJ

I don't have strong objections against removing this package, but we
could also just disable tests until it's working again.

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