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Same here for the USE flags. |
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I'm also starting to get used to these kinds of problems with mod_php & |
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apache. |
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On Sun, 31 Jul 2005, Jared Lindsay wrote: |
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> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:46:59 -0700 |
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> From: Jared Lindsay <cinder.sub@×××××.com> |
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> Reply-To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o |
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> To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Re: x86_64 optimization patches for glibc. |
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> Yeah, netcat, hehe. |
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> emerge -pv netcat |
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> ... |
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> [ebuild N ] net-analyzer/netcat |
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> [110-r8] -GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE +crypt -ipv6 |
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> -static 107 kB |
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> I would be interested in a USE flag for this glibc patch. |
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> On 7/31/05, Ben Skeggs <darktama@×××××××××.au> wrote: |
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>> Duncan wrote: |
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>>> Brian Hall posted <20050731085600.65fc8657.brihall@××××××.net>, excerpted |
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>>> below, on Sun, 31 Jul 2005 08:56:00 -0600: |
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>>>> Perhaps a USE flag could be created to enable the glibc patches, then a |
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>>>> emerge --newuse could recompile glibc and the problem apps (or |
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>>>> everything); maybe a mini-howto document would also be helpful. |
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>>>> I would certainly like an easy way to enable any "free" performance |
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>>>> boost I can get! |
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>>> Something like USE=dangerous-amd64-hack? <g> |
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>>> (Seriously, there at least used to be a local use flag |
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>>> USE=frickin-big-security-hole, or some such, on some app I can't remember |
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>>> at the moment. Turns out a teacher was using that app in his class as a |
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>>> an example or something, so the dev left the ability to create it there, |
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>>> but with a USE flag nobody in their right mind would normally enable. I |
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>>> wish I could remember what it was, but grepping use.local.desc for |
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>>> anything that might be related doesn't seem to bring it up. Perhaps the |
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>>> app, or anyway the USE flag, has now been removed from portage?) |
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>>> The use.local.desc description could point to the bug, which is IIRC what |
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>>> the one above did, for those wanting more information about just why such |
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>>> a USE flag exists, and just why someone might be persuaded to enable it. |
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>> Are you talking about GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE? If so, this flag is still |
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>> in use by the net-analyzer/netcat package. It enables the "-E" (iirc) |
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>> switch |
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>> which allows you to do something like: |
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>> nc -l -p 12345 -E /bin/bash |
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>> This(or something close to it) would cause netcat to listen on port 12345, |
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>> and forward the person who connects to it a nice bash shell. |
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>> Ben. |
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