Status of security issue (libltdl, gentoo)?

>>>> It's about gnu-smalltalk using internal copies of vulnerable libraries.
>>>> The ebuild is flagged for removal in just a few days left. What is the
>>>> status on this problem? Has a fix been made upstream already? If the
>>>> time limit passes gnu-smalltalk is bye-bye and can't be installed
>>>> anymore by GenToo users.
>>>>        
>>> I cannot do anything about that.  I pointed to the appropriate
>>> upstream patches in the report.
>>>
>>>      
>> So I take it there would be actually a fix for the problem? Granted
>> GenToo folks can be rather "annoying" about patching stuff if they have to.
>>    
> For security problems it seems stupid to not patch.  The fix comes
> straight from upstream.
>
> Paolo
>