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I may need more time for doing this - |
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currently for time constraint i have switched |
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over to some other distro. |
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Thanks for the info Mark. |
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On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Mark Shields <laebshade@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 1:23 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote: |
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>> On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 10:14:45AM -0700, Nitin Kanaskar wrote: |
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>>> Ok - I am not clear about the terminology - |
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>>> packages, versions... |
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>>> But i need to install gentoo 2004/2005 - if this |
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>>> is right. I am a graduate student doing research on |
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>>> vulnerabilities, exploits and IDS. Hence I am looking |
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>>> for older gentoo installations which i know have |
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>>> some vulnerabilities. |
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>>> If i have to build whole OS from source, I am willing |
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>>> to do that - but could not find any resource on that |
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>>> old stuff. |
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>> Gentoo, as a distribution, is versionless. The 2004/2005 you are |
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>> referring to are versions of our release media. What you would have to |
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>> do is find out which packages and which versions of the packages you |
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>> want to work with and see if we still have them in the tree. |
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>> William |
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> That isn't entirely accurate. If you can get a livecd, or a minimal |
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> cd + package cd (distfiles), and just not upgrade portage, he would be |
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> able to use it fine. |
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> -- |
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> - Mark Shields |
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