-2 and -3 enable hardening and multiarch. (former useful for security, the latter unlikely to cause problems as it would just be adding a new essentially leaf package)
The changes in -4 are reverted in -5, which besides that only contains a copyright fix.
-6 and -7 contain the security fixes we are concerned with.
In addition to fakesyncing for raring/quantal, can we also do the same for precise?
Looking at the changelog: http:// ftp-master. metadata. debian. org/changelogs/ /main/x/ xml-security- c/xml-security- c_1.6.1- 7_changelog
-2 and -3 enable hardening and multiarch. (former useful for security, the latter unlikely to cause problems as it would just be adding a new essentially leaf package)
The changes in -4 are reverted in -5, which besides that only contains a copyright fix.
-6 and -7 contain the security fixes we are concerned with.