From d94d6060488da23db738078541e4b08a743f763c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xi Ruoyao Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 15:36:40 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] packages: Mention Glibc stable branch in its package info See the discussion at https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2023-February/145672.html. --- chapter03/packages.xml | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/chapter03/packages.xml b/chapter03/packages.xml index d82e0b4c4..92d44afaf 100644 --- a/chapter03/packages.xml +++ b/chapter03/packages.xml @@ -270,6 +270,20 @@ Home page: Download: MD5 sum: &glibc-md5; + + + + The Glibc developers maintain a + Git + branch containing patches considered worthy for + Glibc-&glibc-version; but unfortunately developed after + Glibc-&glibc-version; release. The LFS editors will issue a + security advisory if any security fix is added into the branch, + but no actions will be taken for other newly added patches. You + may review the patches yourself and incorporate some patches if + you consider them important. + +