I love LFS, as I built my first LFS from the first known book, on a CP/M host. I hate what has happened to our Internet, so HLFS is obviously my ideal, and Robert is my hero for all the patches and seds he has contributed. Many thanks; great job!
Because HLFS is a security oriented build, special considerations are in order. Unfortunately, some of the more common applications cannot even be used effectively with HLFS security due to their programming methods. This leaves a halfway situation that is insecure, totally undocumented, and unlikely to receive due attention soon. Not what we anticipated. In light of this fact I would propose maintaining a simple list of applications which are known to fully conform to the specs required of this system,(PIC/PIE,PAX). This might induce developers to make the changes to facilitate inclusion in that very important list. Politics. Marty B -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
