I somehow have the feeling that there are different opinions on
how to get to a stable HLFS.
Basically I would assume that if you want to get to a stable HLFS,
you would try to leave as much as possible unchanged, unless it proves
to be unstable. Otherwise you start another development branch.
I personally agree very much with Kevin Day:
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For a stable project to happen, you should probably fight the urge to
make any kind of change whatsoever.
To do that, plan the entire project in a manner similar to the following:
1) Make a list of sources/projects/scripts/hacks/instructions that are
currently stable
2) Make a list of $(above) that are currently unstable
3) Make a list of what you intend to get working and what versions
with whatever features you want.
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So my opinion is:
1) HLFS SVN-20060717 is pretty stable already. I really wonder why there
was not even an attempt to produce a stable HLFS - beeing so close to
stable.
2) Whats wrong with kernel 2.6.17.8? I have been using 2.6.* kernels for
over 1 year without a single problem - all other distros are using them,
how long do you want to wait before you consider 2.6.* stable enough?
The new patches from Robert work against 2.6.17.8 (frandom, etc.) LFS-6.2
stable just came out with kernel 2.6.16.27 and they consider it to be stable
too! Grsecurity considers 2.6.17.8 stable enough to bring out there new version.
etc.
3) As a result, there is no need to change to GCC-2.95.3, udev, init scripts
and module-init-tools
4) There should be no problems with testsuites. I only had once a slight problem
with the results in bash's testsuite - however this was compiling from a pax
enabled kernel. Bash itself worked fine however.
Actually there are only minor tweaks necessary to make HLFS stable. Maybe
everyone could
post problems he had with HLFS SVN-20060717 to this mailing list to see where
we need to
fix things?
Sebastian Faulborn
Homepage: http://www.secure-slinux.org
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Betreff:
HLFS-Testing status
Von:
Robert Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Datum:
Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:23:47 -0500
An:
Hardened LFS Development List <[email protected]>
Ok, I ended up falling short of my goal of delivering my edited book
this weekend. This is mostly due to the kernel maintainers
recommendation that GCC-2.95.3 be used to compile the kernel to ensure
kernel stability. Beyond that I still have to remove the udev
instructions, back port a few of the init scripts, and replace
module-init-tools with modutils. After all of those items are in place
it looks like I should have a good start. I hope to get a good several
hours to work on this tonight.
Can anyone see anything I may have overlooked?
Robert Baker
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