Bug#172890: Intent to remove libxaw6 from Debian [security issues]

2007-09-28 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, Drew Parsons wrote: This has the potential to impact on any third party packages which use libxaw6. We don't believe this should annul the package's removal however, because a) these packages should be rebuilt against libxaw7 anyway, and The problem with third-party packages is that

Bug#172890: Intent to remove libxaw6 from Debian [security issues]

2007-09-27 Thread Drew Parsons
Dear Debian Developers, the X Strike Force intends to remove libxaw6 from the archive. The reason is explained in bug #172890. In short, libxaw6 has a security flaw where it displays passwords in plain text. The flaw is fixed in libxaw7. All packages in Debian now use libxaw7 rather than