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From: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o> |
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To: gentoo-sparc@l.g.o |
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Cc: sparc@g.o, x11@g.o, solar@g.o, koon@g.o, seemant@g.o |
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Subject: xorg-x11 [6.7.0-r2, 6.8.0-r1] security updates: Ref Bugs 64152, 63994 |
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Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 16:43:00 +0000 |
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Security upgrades to xorg-x11 are available for testing. |
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For details, please see the Referenced Bugs, then continue below {/me puts |
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on his lawyer hat: "Referenced Bugs 64152, 63994, and supplementary |
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documentation re 63994 at |
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~fmccor/files/xorg-x11-6.7.99.903-build_notes.txt |
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~fmccor/files/xorg-status-tests.txt |
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incorporated herein by reference."} |
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OK. Back with me? Let's go on. |
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You should upgrade to 6.7.0-r2 or 6.8.0-r1 if you use X11. Ultimately, |
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6.8.0-r1 & on is your better choice, but there are other considerations. |
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Briefly, the following all seem to be correct: |
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1. xorg.conf between the two might differ slightly, based on what you |
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have now. |
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2. If you are running hardened, you MUST use 6.8.0-r1 to upgrade (and |
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patch ebuild by hand -- see below, that's why 6.8.0-r1 is not the |
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only option). |
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3. If you are any of the following, to upgrade to 6.8.0-r1, you MUST |
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apply by hand the patch at Bug 63994 to the ebuild. |
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a. Hardened |
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b. kernel-2.4.xx |
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c. sparc32 (included in b) |
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d. Adventurous and wish to play with ffb_dri (or maybe mach64_dri) |
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4. Except that if you are running kernel-2.6.6,7 not hardened, you |
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might not need the patch for 6.8.0-r1, and with kernel-2.6.6 (but |
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NOT with 2.6.7) you can still play with ffb_dri. |
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Why the patch? Well, you need it for reasons explained at great length |
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in the incorporated documents, but briefly: (1) There seems to be |
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a problem someplace in the new keyboard driver+kernel-2.4.xx+sun-keyboard; |
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(2) sparc32 can run into the "compiler gets lost" syndrome while |
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building r128_drv video driver. (3) You can't build xorg-x11 hardened |
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for sparc because of some xorg loader problems, so if you are hardened |
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you need a way to make the build work. |
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Since most sparc systems are (I believe) currently kernel-2.4.26,7, no |
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6.8.0 xorg release can have a sparc keyword because we know it won't |
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work without this patch (or equivalent, or until someone tells me what |
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I am doing wrong with specifying the keyboard. At best, xorg.conf |
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between the two is quite incompatible.) |
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So, until x11 integrates the sparc-specific tweaks with the official |
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ebuild, you have to do it yourself. |
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This is all the information I have. Please consider one alternative |
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for upgrade and testing and feed back the results. If you choose to |
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try 6.8.0-r1, PLEAEE also record your results at Bug 63994 --- that's |
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one reason it's there. |
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If you are still with me, thanks for reading this far. |
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Regards, |
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Ferris |
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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o> |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux (sparc) |
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Ned Ludd <solar@g.o> |
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