#47144 - security patching of 'patch' package

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#47144: security patching of 'patch' package
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Hi,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Léo Le Bouter via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org> skribis:
>
>> * gnu/packages/base.scm (patch/fixed): New variable.
>> (patch)[replacement]: Graft.
>
> It’s (almost) useless to provide a graft of ‘patch’ because patch is
> usually a build-time only dependency.  (Maybe we can tell it’s not
> vulnerable to the issues at hand because in that context it’s always
> given controlled input: the package patches.)
>
> What could be useful is to provide a second version of patch so that
> people running ‘guix install patch’ or similar get the newer version.

The latest release of patch is the one we have, v2.7.6, made 4 years
ago.

Thanks,

Maxim

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#47144 security patching of 'patch' package