Bug#613763: totem: enable security hardening in build via hardening-wrapper

[Sebastian Dröge]

On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 17:15 -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> Package: totem
> Version: 2.30.2-2
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> Usertags: origin-ubuntu natty ubuntu-patch
> 
> In Ubuntu, the attached patch was applied to achieve the following:
> 
>   * debian/{control{,.in},rules}: enable PIE build for security hardening.
> 
> Since totem deals with media files, it should be hardened against potential
> malicious attacks. This patch enables the hardening features in the toolchain.
> 
> Thanks for considering the patch.

Not sure how useful this is when applied to totem only. Totem uses other
libraries to handle with media files and playlists.
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