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Python uses a bundled expat

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Message #12 received at 32957 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
Cc: 32957 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32957: Python uses a bundled expat
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 15:27:14 -0400

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On Sat, Oct 06, 2018 at 04:58:13PM +0200, Marius Bakke wrote:
> Python 2 and 3 are using a bundled Expat (residing under Modules/).
> 
> This has been the cause of security vulnerabilities in the past and
> should be changed to use Expat from Guix.

Looks like Debian uses an external Expat to fill the dependency, so it
should be possible:

https://packages.debian.org/stretch/python3.5-minimal

We should look into the difference between the bundled Expat and
upstream Expat.

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