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From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o> |
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To: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o> |
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Subject: Re: xorg-x11-7.1 (X-modular) is stable on sparc and in sync |
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with x86. |
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:21:40 -0700 |
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[off-list, since I'm not subscribed to it] |
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Ferris McCormick wrote: |
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> If you are running xorg-x11-6.8.2-r8 and are suddenly confronted with |
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> a huge update to 7.1 but do not wish to convert blind, you should be |
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> able to mask the upgrade in your /etc/portage/package.mask file, thus: |
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>> =x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0 |
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You may also want to mask >=virtual/x11-7 since virtual/x11 is what |
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packages actually use in dependencies -- I'm not actually sure whether |
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this is necessary, though. |
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> But do not depend on this forever, because the xorg-x11-6.8.2 group will |
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> disappear at some point (and if you happen to be using 6.9.0, long term |
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> that is probably not a good strategy either). |
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Monolithic X is no longer guaranteed to receive patches for security |
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vulnerabilities, and there's already a denial of service with potential |
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code execution that's been fixed only in modular X. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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-- |
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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o> |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) |