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author | dequis <dx@dxzone.com.ar> | 2016-09-21 18:56:23 -0300 |
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committer | dequis <dx@dxzone.com.ar> | 2016-09-21 18:56:23 -0300 |
commit | 63f3957befad85fba2ca63a20c9e5ac4a3eeddfe (patch) | |
tree | d0e3f0ef3ba8845290e84d1a6df64387f0093d3f | |
parent | f859e6893e37e53ea52913b4fc6236f67636a275 (diff) | |
download | irssi.github.io-63f3957befad85fba2ca63a20c9e5ac4a3eeddfe.zip |
Clarify distro hotfix versions
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diff --git a/_posts/2016-09-21-irssi-0.8.20-released.markdown b/_posts/2016-09-21-irssi-0.8.20-released.markdown index 42b2186..ec9d73f 100644 --- a/_posts/2016-09-21-irssi-0.8.20-released.markdown +++ b/_posts/2016-09-21-irssi-0.8.20-released.markdown @@ -15,14 +15,28 @@ for various Linux distributions are automatically generated by the [openSUSE Build Service](https://build.opensuse.org/) and are available for download in the [irssi-test](https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home:ailin_nemui:irssi-test;package=irssi) -repository. Please check with your distro whether they provide -officially updated packages. +repository. + +Please check with your distro whether they provide officially updated +packages. This is a possibly incomplete list of distros which have +applied the hotfix to their stable versions instead of updating to +0.8.20: + +- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial): `0.8.19-1ubuntu1.2` + ([USN-3086-1](http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3086-1/)) +- Debian 8 (jessie): `0.8.17-1+deb8u1` + ([DSA 3672-1](https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2016/msg00251.html)) + +Note that the version shown by irssi internally is kept the same, but +they are safe to use anyway. Read the [security advisory](/security/irssi_sa_2016.txt). Those who cannot upgrade right now, but with Perl support enabled in their Irssi, can load [this](/security/sa_patch.pl) script and add it to -`~/.irssi/scripts/autorun` as a first aid to mitigating these issues: +`~/.irssi/scripts/autorun` as a first aid to mitigating these issues. + +---- Furthermore, we are always looking for testers of the development version. Binaries of the current git development version are |