gnu: libevent: Update to 2.1.8 [security fixes].

* gnu/packages/libevent.scm (libevent): Update to 2.1.8.
[inputs]: Change 'python-wrapper' to 'python-2'. Move 'which' to ...
[native-inputs]: ... here. New field.
(libevent-2.0): New variable.
* gnu/packages/patches/libevent-2.1-dns-tests.patch,
  gnu/packages/patches/libevent-2.0-evdns-fix-remote-stack-overread.patch
  gnu/packages/patches/libevent-2.0-evdns-fix-searching-empty-hostnames.patch
  gnu/packages/patches/libevent-2.0-evutil-fix-buffer-overflow.patch: New files.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add them.
* gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm (icecat)[inputs]: Change 'libevent' to 'libevent-2.0'.
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Marius Bakke 2017-01-30 20:26:55 +01:00
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Disable tests that rely on usable DNS lookups, which aren't available
in build chroots.
--- libevent-2.0.21-stable/test/regress_dns.c 2013-01-20 22:32:09.000000000 +0100
+++ libevent-2.0.21-stable/test/regress_dns.c 2013-01-20 22:32:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -2120,10 +2120,6 @@
struct testcase_t dns_testcases[] = {
DNS_LEGACY(server, TT_FORK|TT_NEED_BASE),
- DNS_LEGACY(gethostbyname, TT_FORK|TT_NEED_BASE|TT_NEED_DNS|TT_OFF_BY_DEFAULT),
- DNS_LEGACY(gethostbyname6, TT_FORK|TT_NEED_BASE|TT_NEED_DNS|TT_OFF_BY_DEFAULT),
- DNS_LEGACY(gethostbyaddr, TT_FORK|TT_NEED_BASE|TT_NEED_DNS|TT_OFF_BY_DEFAULT),
- { "resolve_reverse", dns_resolve_reverse, TT_FORK|TT_OFF_BY_DEFAULT, NULL, NULL },
{ "search_empty", dns_search_empty_test, TT_FORK|TT_NEED_BASE, &basic_setup, NULL },
{ "search", dns_search_test, TT_FORK|TT_NEED_BASE, &basic_setup, NULL },
{ "search_lower", dns_search_lower_test, TT_FORK|TT_NEED_BASE, &basic_setup, NULL },
@@ -2163,9 +2159,6 @@
{ "client_fail_requests", dns_client_fail_requests_test,
TT_FORK|TT_NEED_BASE, &basic_setup, NULL },
- { "client_fail_requests_getaddrinfo",
- dns_client_fail_requests_getaddrinfo_test,
- TT_FORK|TT_NEED_BASE, &basic_setup, NULL },
END_OF_TESTCASES
};