[gentoo-user] Re: eix USE=security

2011-12-17 Thread James
Florian Philipp lists at binarywings.net writes: Hi list! I just noticed the USE flag security in stable app-portage/eix. The description is hardly helpful: It fixes exploits but is not enabled by default. Why? What are the drawbacks? I couldn't find anything in a quick online search.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: eix USE=security

2011-12-17 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 17.12.2011 16:38, schrieb James: Florian Philipp lists at binarywings.net writes: Hi list! I just noticed the USE flag security in stable app-portage/eix. The description is hardly helpful: It fixes exploits but is not enabled by default. Why? What are the drawbacks? I couldn't find

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: eix USE=security

2011-12-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:48:29 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: This adds some checks which can prevent certain exploits if e.g. the eix code has a bug. As I said, this description is hardly useful. If it fixes exploits, then why is it not enabled for non-hardened profiles per default? It

[gentoo-user] Re: eix USE=security

2011-12-17 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 12/17/2011 01:15 PM, Florian Philipp wrote: Hi list! I just noticed the USE flag security in stable app-portage/eix. The description is hardly helpful: It fixes exploits but is not enabled by default. Why? What are the drawbacks? I couldn't find anything in a quick online search. eix is