From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262932AbUGFDwQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jul 2004 23:52:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263019AbUGFDwQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jul 2004 23:52:16 -0400 Received: from mx2.magma.ca ([206.191.0.250]:8839 "EHLO mx2.magma.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262932AbUGFDwO (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jul 2004 23:52:14 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] gcc 3.5 fixes From: Jesse Stockall To: Mark Adler Cc: Paul Jackson , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1C37F9C6-CEEA-11D8-B083-000A95820F30@alumni.caltech.edu> References: <2e9is-5YT-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <2e9iu-5YT-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <2ecq2-80i-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <7ab39013.0407042237.40ea9035@posting.google.com> <20040705064010.C9BFB5F7AA@attila.bofh.it> <9FC7DA98-CEA3-11D8-B083-000A95820F30@alumni.caltech.edu> <20040705144436.62544a3d.pj@sgi.com> <1C37F9C6-CEEA-11D8-B083-000A95820F30@alumni.caltech.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1089085868.8452.2.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 23:51:08 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 21:16, Mark Adler wrote: > > It's not about the copyright. I like the string kept in the object > code so that I and others can find out where the code is used and what > version is in use. This in fact turned out to be useful when a > security vulnerability was found in versions 1.1.3 and earlier and a > script could search for executables with the offending code. > <-- snip --> > " inflate 1.1.3 Copyright 1995-1998 Mark Adler " Did I miss something or are you saying that the version in the kernel has a security vulnerability? Jesse -- Jesse Stockall