APT 1.1.2 Package Manager Lands In Debian Unstable, Brings More Bugfixes | Linux Today

APT 1.1.2 Package Manager Lands In Debian Unstable, Brings More Bugfixes

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Marius Nestor
Nov 29, 2015

APT 1.1.2 adds a workaround for a gcc -O3 over-optimization issue in pkgCdrom::FindPackages, repairs the detection of program names when using the RSH method, no longer uses “-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions” while building, and disables the privilege dropping for the SSH and RSH methods, as well as the privilege-drop verification.

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Marius Nestor

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