On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 03:20:10PM -0500, Leo Famulari wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone has rebuilt their local systems based on the > glibc update in security updates? I'm wondering what is the best way to > achieve this? > > For Guix users, something like this? > > $ git checkout master \ > && git checkout -b my-branch \ > && git cherry-pick 8304ccdbc7b653ab0b81e3cec5420fcc6 \ > && ./pre-inst-env guix package -u
I tried this. The resulting process downloaded the bootstrap binaries and appeared to rebuild *everything*. I haven't had time to figure out what actually got rebuilt and if anything is still using the vulnerable glibc. > > It would probably be desirable to reboot afterwards. > > GuixSD users would want to reconfigure, presumably. > > Then, you would rebase 'my-branch' on master as desired. > > It seems arduous, but faster than waiting for our build farm to rebuild > all packages. > > Feedback requested! >
