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From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Hardened stage3 tarballs
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:10:19
Message-Id: 4DEE3EDE.8010307@orlitzky.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Hardened stage3 tarballs by Matthew Thode
1 On 06/06/11 17:05, Matthew Thode wrote:
2 > On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:38:06 -0400
3 > Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 >> On 06/06/2011 03:54 PM, Sven Vermeulen wrote:
6 >>>
7 >>> The last one now is of 20110602, which is fairly recent.
8 >>>
9 >>> The autobuilds are not always created successfully. Updates on
10 >>> compilers or other toolchain changes might affect build successes.
11 >>> When these builds fail, they are not propagated so you'll have to
12 >>> "wait" a week (if you desperately need a build that's more recent
13 >>> than a few weeks old). Considering that Gentoo is a rolling upgrade
14 >>> distribution, working from a month-old stage is not an issue. Even
15 >>> several months old isn't an issue.
16 >>>
17 >>> Wkr,
18 >>> Sven Vermeulen
19 >>
20 >> That makes sense.
21 >>
22 >> What's the difference between autobuild/stage3-foo and
23 >> current-stage3/stage3-foo? I've always looked in current-stage3 in the
24 >> past (I think this is where the handbook taught me to look so long
25 >> ago).
26 >>
27 >
28 > I do not think there is a difference.
29
30 Well, I ask because the hardened stages are missing from the
31 current-stage3 directory but not autobuild.

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Re: [gentoo-hardened] Hardened stage3 tarballs "Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera (klondike)" <klondike@g.o>