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Fedora 21 Wildmagic5 Security Update: Enhance Security with Hardened Builds

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Calendar Grey November 14, 2015
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The recent Wildmagic5 upgrade for Fedora 21 brings improved security through the recompilation of libraries, emphasizing enhancements in graphics handling and computational performance.
wildmagic5-5.13-12.fc23 - Rebuild with -fPIC - Hardened builds on <F23 wildmagic5-5.13-12.fc21 - Rebuild with -fPIC - Hardened builds on <F23 wildmagic5-5.13-12.fc22 - Rebuil...

Summary

A library of source code for computing in the fields of graphics,

mathematics, physics, and image analysis.

Web page documentation:

https://www.geometrictools.com/Documentation/Documentation.html

Update Information:

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora graphics library source code hardened build wildmagic5

Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-bd6d51590e 2015-11-13 21:22:53.299880 Name : wildmagic5 Product : Fedora 21 Version : 5.13 Release : 12.fc21 URL : https://www.geometrictools.com/ Summary : Wild Magic libraries Description : A library of source code for computing in the fields of graphics, mathematics, physics, and image analysis. Web page documentation: https://www.geometrictools.com/Documentation/Documentation.html

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Name: wildmagic5
Product: Fedora 21
Version: 5.13
Release: 12.fc21
URL: https://www.geometrictools.com/
Summary: Wild Magic libraries

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora graphics library source code hardened build wildmagic5

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