Re: [gentoo-server] WOLK-4.10 patch ?

[Jonathan S. Romero]

What's wrong with WOLK, it seems to work fine on one of my servers.  Is there 
an issue with it that I was not aware of?

-Jonathan

On Tuesday 20 January 2004 10:24 am, Ricardo Nuno wrote:
> Thanks Kerin when i posted that question to the mailing
> i was really awaiting an awser from you :)
>
> if you get that tree please let us know, i'm going to miss WOLK
> but i'm still using 4.9s on some servers.
>
> --RNuno
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kerin Millar [mailto:kerin@×××××××××××××××.net]
> Sent: terça-feira, 20 de Janeiro de 2004 14:22
> To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] WOLK-4.10 patch ?
>
> > hi guys,
> >
> > Just came back from vacations, and i notice that WOLK-4.10 was
> > released (January 5, 2004). still i cant find the patch on the site.
>
> Yes, it was supposed to be released on the date shown but was pulled at
> the last minute (some corner-case oops issue when booting on a few
> machines apparently).
>
> Unfortunately, the pace of development seems to have slowed considerably,
> although I do believe that it will (eventually) be released. My view is
> that the rmap VM implementation is increasingly becoming a liability to
> maintain - both in terms of quashing existing bugs and ensuring smooth
> integration with other patches; in fact, I heard a rumour that Marc was
> trying to take over rmap in view of the fact that Rik van Riel isn't doing
> much work on it anymore.
>
> I became frustrated at the situation, and moved to a customised -aa for a
> while. My original plan was to create an imitation WOLK based on -aa
> applied to a very new 2.4 tree (I believe I made a post some time ago to
> that effect). I have been communicating occasionally with someone else who
> is doing something similar, so if anything comes of that I will let you
> know. I managed to port most of -aa to 2.4.24 but haven't gone much
> further than that yet. I am quite busy nowadays, and my attention has also
> been distracted by 2.6 (in fact, I'm testing 2.6.1 on the server which has
> been great thus far) so I don't know how long it will be before I can
> conclude anything on the matter.
>
> Nonetheless, it's not something I want to give up on. One thing I miss in
> 2.6 is grsecurity. It'll come eventually, but for now it's really a 2.4
> only thing. When grsec-2.0 is completed I will probably re-examine the
> situation.
>
> --Kerin Francis Millar
>
> PS: If I get hold of Marc, I might try and persuade him to give me a copy
> of his tree as it stands. I don't believe the issue referred to affects
> many users.