On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:40:11PM +0300, Atro Tossavainen wrote: > Hello Greg, > > > Precompiled binary packages for Immunix 6.2 are available at: > > http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/RPMS/netscape-common-4.77-0.6.2_StackGuard.i386.rpm > > and so on. > > Does this mean that Immunix have obtained access to Netscape sources, > and have compiled it with the StackGuarded compiler for the Immunix OS? > > Previous Netscape packages you have distributed have not carried the > StackGuard label. > > I diff'ed the Netscape-distributed 4.77 binary against the one in this > package. They are the same. > > Please clarify. Are Netscape distributing a StackGuarded binary them- > selves or is this simply a glitch in the labeling? No, you are correct, I shouldn't have labeled this release with the "StackGuard" label on the rpm package to remain consistent with the current 6.2 package naming scheme. It is just rebundling the binaries, and we do not compile Netscape with the StackGuard compiler. Sorry for any confusion about this. greg k-h
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