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On 21/08/13 08:36 AM, Tom Wijsman wrote: |
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> Given the kernel volume, I think even CVE's don't cover |
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> everything... |
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Kernel is really a special case here, imo -- emerge doesn't install |
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kernels, it just provides their sources. End-users still need to |
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build the kernel to use them and I expect there are plenty that don't, |
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at least, not as soon as the sources are installed. And really, |
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portage is just providing kernel sources for convenience; anybody can |
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download a kernel by hand, extract it to /usr/src, and build it with |
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no ill effect on portage or the rest of their system. |
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That's not to say that gentoo-sources shouldn't follow the regular |
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overall stabilization policies, but focusing on the kernel as the |
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impetus for adjusting the stabilization policy or pointing out what's |
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wrong with the policy as a whole seems to be a bad use-case for this |
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discussion. |
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