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Nicholas Jones posted <20040927083145.GA27459@××××××.net>, excerpted |
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below, on Mon, 27 Sep 2004 04:31:46 -0400: |
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>> 1) The new "spinner" is /very/ cool! |
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> It's been moved to FEATURES="candy" |
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Hmm. Good choice since some don't like it. I'm turning it on right now! |
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Some candy I like, especially when I don't have to worry about calories! |
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<g> |
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>> 2) Documentation is coming alone nicely. |
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> ... |
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>> /etc/portage/profiles/ [or] /etc/portage/profile/ |
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> It's singular. I've updated all the references otherwise. They'll be in |
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> CVS before I post this. They are only in the ebuild as the plural |
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> version. |
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Noted. Thanks. |
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>> 3) What about the QA Notices? |
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>> enough of them it'd just be unnecessary noise? |
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> It get fixed faster if everyone is yelling for it to stop. Fixes by |
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> annoyance. Cheap, Easy, and Quick. |
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<g> From Paul's reply, looks like patches are needed. I'm better at |
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filing bugs than patching, so won't worry about it ATM. However, if I |
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have time, I'll look into it a bit and see if those sorts of things are |
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within my definitely limited abilities. |
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>> What about that security notice I've seen pop up a few times? Example: |
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>> QA Notice: Security risk /usr/bin/crontab. Please consider relinking |
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>> with 'append-ldflags -Wl,-z,now' to fix. |
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> For the full implications you should talk to the security hardened/ |
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> security guys. Solar is the one that put that patch up for me to add. |
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> Basically, there is the potential to use a glibc exploit to induce a |
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> race that could allow you to do weird things with libraries and files. |
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Thanks. Hopin' someone from hardened will take a swing at this then and |
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enlighten me a bit more. If not, maybe I'll have to subscribe to that |
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list and ask there, if google-linux isn't any help. At least I've a bit |
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to start a search on now, more than I had b4. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little |
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temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- |
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Benjamin Franklin |
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