Gentoo Archives: gentoo-hardened

From: "Anthony G. Basile" <basile@××××××××××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] XATTR_PAX migration
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:44:37
Message-Id: 522F062C.7000003@opensource.dyc.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] XATTR_PAX migration by Michael Orlitzky
1 On 09/09/2013 07:45 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
2 > On 09/09/2013 05:26 PM, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
3 >>
4 >> You can use XT_PAX provided you're not running something like a
5 >> tinderbox, ie doing massive amounts of ebuilds. The problem is that
6 >> install is being wrapped by install.py. As a result every instance of
7 >> install mean invoking the python interpreter. With lots and lots of
8 >> installs, this adds up to being very slow.
9 >>
10 >
11 > Ok, thanks. These are all servers and installing anything is out of the
12 > ordinary. Should I add a note about PAX_MARKINGS to the wiki, or is
13 > there a plan to make that unnecessary (again)?
14 >
15
16 Feel free to add any documentation you guys think is lacking.
17
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19 Anthony G. Basile, Ph. D.
20 Chair of Information Technology
21 D'Youville College
22 Buffalo, NY 14201
23 (716) 829-8197

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