Bug#401969: please build using hunspell

[Rene Engelhard]

Hi,

Mike Hommey wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 10:58:11PM +0100, Rene Engelhard <rene at debian.org> wrote:
> > Mike Hommey wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 11:26:34AM +0100, Rene Engelhard <rene at debian.org> wrote:
> > > > There's no big difference in using hunspell and myspell, except that hunspell dictionaries
> > > > then will also work. And you show that hunspell is used so the security team knows
> > > > that mozilla needs to be rebuilt (which probably won't happen, no one ever found a security bug
> > > > in either hunspell or myspell). And in any case, there's already enchant and openoffice.org building
> > > > with static hunspell (openoffice.org does build far longer than ice*)
> > > 
> > > How does the security team feel about having to rebuild iceape,
> > > iceweasel, icedove (you forgot to file a bug on icedove), OOo and enchant
> > 
> > No, that would have been my next target (the source already is on my
> > disk)
> > 
> > > if there happens to be a security bug in hunspell ?
> > 
> > I am sure there won't be, but if it happens it happens. There's some
> > static libs in Debian where this is the case, afaik. Of course. not having to
> > do that is better, but...
> > 
> > > How do buildds feel to have to rebuild iceape, iceweasel, icedove, OOo
> > > and enchant for every hunspell upload ?
> > 
> > You don't have to.
> 
> So when you fix bugs in hunspell, you want to leave the bugs in the
> programs that are statically linked to it. How great.

Bullshit. You are intrepreting stuff everytime I didn't say.
Not every fix in the package/packaging needs a rebuild, neither does a
fix only affecting the hunspell program and not the library.

In the library case, you're right.

Grüße/Regards,

René
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