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Re: [cobalt-users] PGP - GNUPG - Idiots install Guide please ??
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] PGP - GNUPG - Idiots install Guide please ??
- From: Jay Summers <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon May 6 09:44:40 2002
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
> Caveat: GnuPG uses zlib, which has a well-known vulnerability in versions
> prior to the current, 1.1.4. It's doubtful you have 1.1.4 installed so if
> this is important to you, you'll probably either want to install 1.1.4
> (backup the old zlib first as I am not sure if this upgrade will break
> anything) or overwrite the zlib that comes bundled with GnuPG with 1.1.4 and
> using the following flag in ./configure:
FWIW, I've upgraded zlib to 1.1.4 on both my Raq2's without incident, from
source tarballs. Not sure about the Raq4's unfortunately.
HTH,
j
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