Bug#1078883: diffoscope: FTBFS: failing tests

[Chris Lamb]

Fay Stegerman wrote:

> Actually, whilst the cause is also cpython#110016, this is [1], not #1068705.
> This one is not a regression (which presumably means (1) and (2) do not apply)
> as it only affects our MozillaZipContainer monkeypatch, which is not exactly
> supported by upstream cpython as these are not valid ZIP files.  So the relevant
> patch to backport is [2].
>
> Semi-related, I'm wondering if the removal of marshal.load() [3] is worth
> backporting at the same time, given the security implications.

I've prepared a 240+deb12u1 package and proposed both for inclusion in
the next stable point release, the status of which can be tracked via
#1079689.


Regards,

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