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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] gcc 3.5 fixes
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    On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 21:16, Mark Adler wrote:
    >
    > It's not about the copyright. I like the string kept in the object
    > code so that I and others can find out where the code is used and what
    > version is in use. This in fact turned out to be useful when a
    > security vulnerability was found in versions 1.1.3 and earlier and a
    > script could search for executables with the offending code.
    >

    <-- snip -->

    > " inflate 1.1.3 Copyright 1995-1998 Mark Adler "

    Did I miss something or are you saying that the version in the kernel
    has a security vulnerability?

    Jesse

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    Jesse Stockall <stockall@magma.ca>

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