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authorMatthias Maier <tamiko@gentoo.org>2017-06-08 11:20:38 -0500
committerMatthias Maier <tamiko@gentoo.org>2017-06-19 10:14:52 -0500
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profiles: Mask all glibc versions older than 2.23
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@@ -579,14 +579,17 @@ media-libs/lv2-ui
# Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>, Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>,
# Matthias Maier <tamiko@gentoo.org> (21 May 2017)
-# Those old versions of GCC are no longer really supported and are not
-# suitable for use as a system-wide compiler. Using them can result
-# in build failures (and possible breakage) for many packages.
+# These old versions of toolchain packages (binutils, gcc, glibc) are no
+# longer officially supported and are not suitable for general use. Using
+# these packages can result in build failures (and possible breakage) for
+# many packages, and may leave your system vulnerable to known security
+# exploits.
#
-# If you still use one of these as your system compiler, please upgrade
-# and switch the compiler ASAP. If you need them for a specific (isolated)
-# use case, feel free to unmask them on your system.
+# If you still use one of these old toolchain packages, please upgrade (and
+# in case of gcc switch the compiler) ASAP. If you need them for a specific
+# (isolated) use case, feel free to unmask them on your system.
<sys-devel/gcc-4.9
+<sys-libs/glibc-2.23
# Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (20 May 2017)
# Old versions of CUDA and their reverse dependencies. They do not