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palmaway

Member

Registered: 2007-03-01

Posts: 63

Tor?

Hi,

I'm not sure this is the right place to ask, and I'm not even sure if it's right to ask this at all, but i'll try...

The Tor package (http://www.archlinux.org/packages/6569/) in the Extra repository has not been updated in a long time. A new major stable release of Tor was available on 2007-04-23 (Tor 0.1.2.13) and a new bug fix release was made available on 2007-05-25. The Arch package is still at the 0.1.1.26 release, since 2006-12-17.
There was an alpha release on AUR, that followed the updates while 0.1.2.X was alpha, but now that it's stable it's no more up to date.

I have no clue why the Tor package has not been updated, but it's an important package for anyone who cares about privacy. The project is run by the EFF, and many, like me, may be in need of this upgrade.

What should I do? Start another AUR package just to replace the official one? Won't be that in conflict when, and if, the official one gets actually updated?

Thanks,
Paolo

mitsoko

Banned

From: In the Coal Chamber

Registered: 2007-05-08

Posts: 143

Re: Tor?

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=33429

matahari

Member

From: Bandung, Indonesia

Registered: 2007-04-04

Posts: 59

Re: Tor?

anyway tor from repo didn't work after new libevent update. it need to rebuild with new libevent and it works again.

lumiwa

Member

Registered: 2005-12-26

Posts: 712

Re: Tor?

anyway tor from repo didn't work after new libevent update. it need to rebuild with new libevent and it works again.

If you start to rebuild than better than you build a new version which has many security wholes saved.

I don't understand whay the Arch Developer closed the topic. He wrote that he smell a smoke ):. Now it is almost month and the official version on Arch is still old one.

Last edited by lumiwa (2007-06-26 00:45:46)

shining

Pacman Developer

Registered: 2006-05-10

Posts: 2,043

Re: Tor?

anyway tor from repo didn't work after new libevent update. it need to rebuild with new libevent and it works again.

If you start to rebuild than better than you build a new version which has many security wholes saved.

I don't understand whay the Arch Developer closed the topic. He wrote that he smell a smoke ):. Now it is almost month and the official version on Arch is still old one.

Report a bug, saying tor is both outdated (and new version has bug and security fix ?), and that it needs to be rebuilt against libevent anyway.

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