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Re: [ft-devel] [ft] [ft-announce] Announcing FreeType version 2.6.1
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Alexei Podtelezhnikov |
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Re: [ft-devel] [ft] [ft-announce] Announcing FreeType version 2.6.1 |
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Thu, 8 Oct 2015 09:24:59 -0400 |
On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 2:39 AM, Jan Engelhardt <address@hidden> wrote:
>>Why distributions are more conservative about FreeType than kernel is beyond
>>me.
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> If you have too old a kernel, some of your hardware may not
> activate/behave properly. If you have too old a freetype, the worst that
> can happen is "just a minor visual glitch".
I am just going to reply with a link
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=font
87 out of 321 font-related CVE's mention FreeType.