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I'm sorry but this is a shitty response from VLC: >The reporter is using Ubuntu 18.04, which is an old version of Ubuntu, and clearly has not all the updated l

by xs83 7y ago

I'm sorry but this is a shitty response from VLC: >The reporter is using Ubuntu 18.04, which is an old version of Ubuntu, and clearly has not all the updated libraries. 18.04 is an LTS version, many people (myself included) will be using this until 20.04 comes out next year! It is not old - it gets regular updates for both security and features - clearly the library for whatever reason is excluded.

bscphil 7y ago
They aren't blaming you for using the LTS version, and they aren't blaming Ubuntu for having an LTS version. The blame is (implicitly) on Ubuntu for not making sure the libraries their LTS version ships are up to date with the latest security patches. VLC itself isn't vulnerable - the problem is that some distributions are compiling it themselves with old libraries, which is 100% their own fault.