GNU bug report logs - #33783
[PATCH] gnu: sqlite: Replace with 3.26.0 [security fixes].

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Alex Vong <alexvong1995 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:55:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch, security

Done: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 33783 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alex Vong <alexvong1995 <at> gmail.com>
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Cc: 33783 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, alexvong1995 <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: Bug#33783: [PATCH] gnu: sqlite: Replace with 3.26.0 [security
 fixes].
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:20:30 +0800

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Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> writes:

> Actually, there's one small problem with the patch: you should not use
> 'package/inherit' to define the replacement itself.  That leads to a
> circular definition and an infinite series of replacements.  I guess
> the
> grafting machinery copes with this somehow, but I'd prefer to avoid
> it.
>
I thought 'package/inherit' is a generalization of the previous
construct, but as you pointed out, it is not.

> I will soon push a slightly modified version of this patch.
>
OK!

>       Mark

Cheers,
Alex

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