Gentoo Archives: gentoo-hardened

From: Jukka Palko <jpalko@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Gcc4.1.1 with hardened
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:33:20
Message-Id: 450F8EAC.6060302@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Gcc4.1.1 with hardened by "Kevin F. Quinn"
1 Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
2 > On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:46:53 +0300
3 > Jukka Palko <jpalko@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 >> Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
6 >>> On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:24:24 +0100
7 >>> Ed W <lists@××××××××××.com> wrote:
8 >>>
9 >>>> Hi, this is a repeat of my question from the previous thread, but
10 >>>> I guess it makes sense to start a new thread.
11 >>>>
12 >>>> What are the implications of taking a 2006.1 stage3 (ie gcc 4.1.1)
13 >>>> turning on the hardened flags and running "emerge -e world"? Is
14 >>>> gcc 4.1.1 supported to any extent at all with the hardened USE
15 >>>> flag?
16 >>> If you want to set USE=hardened, you should switch the profile (I've
17 >>> probably said this before!) to one of the hardened profiles rather
18 >>> than just editing /etc/make.conf. In the hardened profiles (but not
19 >>> the selinux profiles) you'll find that gcc-4.x is masked, along with
20 >>> gcc-2.4.
21 >> About the SELinux 2005.1 profile, dare I upgrade my SELinux install
22 >> to use gcc 4.1.1 and glibc 2.4?
23 >
24 > If youare using the selinux/2005.1 profile, it doesn't matter
25 > because it doesn't use the hardened compiler etc.
26 >
27 > However if you use the selinux/2005.1/hardened profile, then you will
28 > find the same situation we have in the standard hardened profile.
29 >
30
31 Okay, so I should drop my hardened USE flag and recompile the system
32 that way and then go for the higher versions?
33
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