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>> One of my desktops runs a hardened profile: |
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>> |
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>> # eselect profile list |
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>> Available profile symlink targets: |
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>> [1] default/linux/x86/10.0 |
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>> [2] default/linux/x86/10.0/selinux |
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>> [3] default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop |
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>> [4] default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop/gnome |
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>> [5] default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop/kde |
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>> [6] default/linux/x86/10.0/developer |
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>> [7] default/linux/x86/10.0/server |
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>> [8] hardened/linux/x86 * |
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>> [9] hardened/linux/x86/selinux |
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>> |
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>> I noticed USE="jpeg" is not enabled by default so I took a look around |
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>> and noticed these: |
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>> |
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>> # locate hardened/linux/x86 |
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>> /usr/portage/profiles/hardened/linux/x86/10.0 |
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>> /usr/portage/profiles/hardened/linux/x86/desktop |
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>> /usr/portage/profiles/hardened/linux/x86/developer |
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>> /usr/portage/profiles/hardened/linux/x86/minimal |
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>> /usr/portage/profiles/hardened/linux/x86/server |
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>> |
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>> Why can't I eselect a profile like hardened/linux/x86/desktop which |
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>> would hopefully have more desktop-oriented USE defaults than |
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>> hardened/linux/x86? |
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> I have never used hardened and am not in any way informed about it, |
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> but I seem to recall reading that hardened on desktop was not |
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> supported and that it is primarily intended for use on servers. |
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Can anyone confirm that a hardened profile is only supported for |
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servers? I'm seeking a more desktop-friendly hardened profile but I |
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don't want to use an unsupported one. |
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- Grant |
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> Maybe that profile is masked. You may still be able to use it by |
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> manually updating your profile symlink (rather than having eselect do |
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> it for you). |
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