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From: "Kevin F. Quinn" <kevquinn@g.o>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Gcc4.1.1 with hardened
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:21:11
Message-Id: 20060919081924.180e0fa7@c1358217.kevquinn.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Gcc4.1.1 with hardened by Jukka Palko
1 On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:46:53 +0300
2 Jukka Palko <jpalko@×××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
5 > > On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:24:24 +0100
6 > > Ed W <lists@××××××××××.com> wrote:
7 > >
8 > >> Hi, this is a repeat of my question from the previous thread, but
9 > >> I guess it makes sense to start a new thread.
10 > >>
11 > >> What are the implications of taking a 2006.1 stage3 (ie gcc 4.1.1)
12 > >> turning on the hardened flags and running "emerge -e world"? Is
13 > >> gcc 4.1.1 supported to any extent at all with the hardened USE
14 > >> flag?
15 > >
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 >
22 > About the SELinux 2005.1 profile, dare I upgrade my SELinux install
23 > to use gcc 4.1.1 and glibc 2.4?
24
25 If youare using the selinux/2005.1 profile, it doesn't matter
26 because it doesn't use the hardened compiler etc.
27
28 However if you use the selinux/2005.1/hardened profile, then you will
29 find the same situation we have in the standard hardened profile.
30
31 --
32 Kevin F. Quinn

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