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On Monday, September 28, 2009 14:16:06 Ed W wrote: |
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> Gordon Malm wrote: |
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> > On Tuesday, September 15, 2009 04:46:13 Tom Hendrikx wrote: |
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> >> Hi, |
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> >> |
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> >> As of today, portage notifies me that my current profile (hardened/x86) |
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> >> is deprecated, and that "hardened/linux/x86/10.0" is the suggested |
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> >> replacement. |
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> >> |
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> >> A few months ago, there was some traffic on this list regarding |
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> >> profiles, resulting in the conclusion that "hardened/x86" was to be |
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> >> preferred above the default as set (by releng?) in the hardened stages: |
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> >> "hardened/linux/x86", as the latter was not approved or checked by the |
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> >> hardened project. |
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> >> |
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> >> How does the new profile differ from hardened/x86, and is the new |
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> >> profile tested/approved by the hardened project? |
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> >> |
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> >> -- |
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> >> Regards, |
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> >> Tom |
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> > |
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> > Hi Tom, |
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> > |
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> > You are correct, the hardened/linux/${arch} profiles were born by releng. |
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> > Hardened project took them over some time ago however and have been |
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> > maintaining both profile sets in parallel. The time has come to pair |
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> > that down to a single set of profiles again; thus the older |
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> > hardened/${arch} profiles have been deprecated. |
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> > |
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> > The hardened/linux/${arch}/10.0 profiles are tested/approved by the |
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> > hardened team. Please file a bug if you run into problems. |
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> |
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> Can someone please explain why the default has switched to USE="-nls"? |
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> What implications does this hold for people upgrading? (Should I remove |
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> gettext at the end?) |
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> |
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> Thanks |
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Hi Ed, |
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It is my estimation that flag was disabled by mistake on the |
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hardened/linux/${arch} profiles. I have re-enabled it. Should be fixed on |
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your next sync. |
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