[gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-07 Thread james
Nitin Kanaskar nitinvk04 at gmail.com writes: I would definitely give this a thought - sounds interesting and challenging. OK, If you like just pop onto gentoo embedded... gentoo-embed...@lists.gentoo.org James

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-07 Thread Mark Shields
On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 1:23 PM, William Hubbs willi...@gentoo.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 10:14:45AM -0700, Nitin Kanaskar wrote: Ok - I am not clear about the terminology - packages, versions... But i need to install gentoo 2004/2005 -

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-07 Thread Nitin Kanaskar
I may need more time for doing this - currently for time constraint i have switched over to some other distro. Thanks for the info Mark. On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Mark Shields laebsh...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 1:23 PM, William Hubbs willi...@gentoo.org wrote: -BEGIN

[gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-04 Thread James
Nitin Kanaskar nitinvk04 at gmail.com writes: Thank you so much Dale again - but i would try to follow links given by Neil - thank you Neil - and chk in the cvs repositories. Really appreciate your willingness to help. Hello Nitin, After reading your thread, you seem to be a bit flexible

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-04 Thread Nitin Kanaskar
James... I would definitely give this a thought - sounds interesting and challenging. Thanks a lot, Nitin On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:56 AM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Nitin Kanaskar nitinvk04 at gmail.com writes: Thank you so much Dale again - but i would try to follow links given

[gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-05-02, Nitin Kanaskar nitinv...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking for older versions of gentoo - 1.x, 2.x,... Gentoo doesn't have versions. Individual packages have versions. I browsed source repositories - gentoo, gentoo-src, gentoo-x86 - could not find/identify it. You're going to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread Dale
Grant Edwards wrote: On 2009-05-02, Nitin Kanaskar nitinv...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking for older versions of gentoo - 1.x, 2.x,... Gentoo doesn't have versions. Individual packages have versions. I browsed source repositories - gentoo, gentoo-src, gentoo-x86 - could

[gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-05-02, Grant Edwards gra...@visi.com wrote: On 2009-05-02, Nitin Kanaskar nitinv...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking for older versions of gentoo - 1.x, 2.x,... Gentoo doesn't have versions. Individual packages have versions. After a bit of googling, it looks like the snapshots/CDs

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread Nitin Kanaskar
Ok - I am not clear about the terminology - packages, versions... But i need to install gentoo 2004/2005 - if this is right. I am a graduate student doing research on vulnerabilities, exploits and IDS. Hence I am looking for older gentoo installations which i know have some vulnerabilities. If i

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread William Hubbs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 10:14:45AM -0700, Nitin Kanaskar wrote: Ok - I am not clear about the terminology - packages, versions... But i need to install gentoo 2004/2005 - if this is right. I am a graduate student doing research on

[gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Nitin Kanaskar wrote: Ok - I am not clear about the terminology - packages, versions... But i need to install gentoo 2004/2005 - if this is right. I am a graduate student doing research on vulnerabilities, exploits and IDS. Hence I am looking for older gentoo installations which i know have some

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 02 May 2009 19:14:45 Nitin Kanaskar wrote: Ok - I am not clear about the terminology - packages, versions... But i need to install gentoo 2004/2005 - if this is right. I am a graduate student doing research on vulnerabilities, exploits and IDS. Hence I am looking for older gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread Nitin Kanaskar
I just noticed gentoo linux security site - - www.gentoo.org/security/en/ which mentions some very recent vulnerability reports in latest gentoo packages. That means i can play with these new gentoo packages for vulnerability and exploit analysis. Nikos - please correct me if you think i am going

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread Nitin Kanaskar
Looking at all replies - I think working on older gentoo would most likely cause problems. I am thinking of going for latest livecd - 2008 release. On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday 02 May 2009 19:14:45 Nitin Kanaskar wrote: Ok - I am not

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread Simon
On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Nitin Kanaskar nitinv...@gmail.com wrote: Ok - I am not clear about the terminology - packages, versions... But i need to install gentoo 2004/2005 - if this is right. I am a graduate student doing research on vulnerabilities, exploits and IDS. Hence I am

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Nitin Kanaskar (nitinv...@gmail.com) [02.05.09 19:15]: Ok - I am not clear about the terminology - packages, versions... But i need to install gentoo 2004/2005 - if this is right. I am a graduate student doing research on vulnerabilities, exploits and IDS. Hence I am looking for older

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread KH
Nitin Kanaskar schrieb: Ok - I am not clear about the terminology - packages, versions... But i need to install gentoo 2004/2005 - if this is right. I am a graduate student doing research on vulnerabilities, exploits and IDS. Hence I am looking for older gentoo installations which i know

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread Dale
KH wrote: Nitin Kanaskar schrieb: Ok - I am not clear about the terminology - packages, versions... But i need to install gentoo 2004/2005 - if this is right. I am a graduate student doing research on vulnerabilities, exploits and IDS. Hence I am looking for older gentoo installations

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread Nitin Kanaskar
Thanks a lot Dale for your help. But I would go for other OS - debian, opensuse, fedora...- or recent gentoo releases. Thanks a lot all of you for your inputs. On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: KH wrote: Nitin Kanaskar schrieb: Ok - I am not clear about the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 2 May 2009 10:14:45 -0700, Nitin Kanaskar wrote: Ok - I am not clear about the terminology - packages, versions... But i need to install gentoo 2004/2005 - if this is right. I am a graduate student doing research on vulnerabilities, exploits and IDS. Hence I am looking for older

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 2 May 2009 19:45:53 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: 2. All gentoo ebuilds ever shipped are in cvs or svn somewhere. It was Neil Bothwick or Iain Buchanan who recently posted a URL, with luck the right man will see this and report. There's a CVS link on the Gentoo home page, and you can

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread Dale
Nitin Kanaskar wrote: Thanks a lot Dale for your help. But I would go for other OS - debian, opensuse, fedora...- or recent gentoo releases. Thanks a lot all of you for your inputs. How about a Mandrake 9.1? I may have that as well. LOL It's just a thought. I'm a pack rat so I keep

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo older versions

2009-05-02 Thread Nitin Kanaskar
Thank you so much Dale again - but i would try to follow links given by Neil - thank you Neil - and chk in the cvs repositories. Really appreciate your willingness to help. On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Nitin Kanaskar wrote: Thanks a lot Dale for your help.