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On 04/04/2010 10:07 AM, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> Nikos Chantziaras<realnc@×××××.de> [10-04-04 08:28]: |
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>> On 04/04/2010 08:18 AM, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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>>> Hi, |
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>>> this is no security issue in sense of attacks...it is related |
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>>> to the consistency of the system. |
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>>> Simple question (and may be complicate to answer... ;) ) |
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>>> How can I check, that my Gentoo system is uptodate |
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>> emerge --sync&& emerge -uDN world |
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>>> consistent and sane? |
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>> Define "consistent" and "sane". Those words don't say anything, |
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>> really. |
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> Ok... |
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> Consistency: Following each logical branch of each logical tree of control relationship, |
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> which is for example but not only the tree of dependancies, will end in a |
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> leave. These are the control paths. |
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> Sane: Following each logical branch of each logical tree of data |
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> relationships. which is for example but not only the interaction of scripts under |
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> /etc, will end in a leave. These are the data paths. |
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These are very abstract things you speak of. But I guess it boils down |
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to "are there bugs in my system." |
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Yes, there are. All software has bugs. There is a tool to check |
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whether there are bugs: you. You use the software and check whether it |
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works correctly or not. |
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For anything more specific, you also need to be more specific with your |
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questions. :) |
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