Re: [gentoo-user] AMD64: vanilla-sources and the risk of using them

2005-05-16 Thread Barry . Schwartz
I grab my sources directly from kernel.org and then apply the patch from grsecurity.org. Then I can choose what security features to enable, and it's a little adventure Rumen Yotov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Better to use 'hardened-sources' (former 'hardened-dev-sources') if it's

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD64: vanilla-sources and the risk of using them

2005-05-16 Thread Michael Haan
On 5/16/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I grab my sources directly from kernel.org and then apply the patch from grsecurity.org. Then I can choose what security features to enable, and it's a little adventure Rumen Yotov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Better to use

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD64: vanilla-sources and the risk of using them

2005-05-16 Thread Michael Haan
On 5/16/05, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/16/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I grab my sources directly from kernel.org and then apply the patch from grsecurity.org. Then I can choose what security features to enable, and it's a little adventure

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD64: vanilla-sources and the risk of using them

2005-05-15 Thread Rumen Yotov
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Haan schreef: I *think* I know what they are, what risk do I run by using them? ... The kernel doesn't get any more risk-free than vanilla-sources, because if those sources are broken then Linux is

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD64: vanilla-sources and the risk of using them

2005-05-15 Thread Daniel Drake
Holly Bostick wrote: The vanilla sources are the same sources you would get on kernel.org. No extra patches (as you would find in gentoo-dev-sources) or optimizations/patches (as you would find in ck-sources) and no bleeding edge patches (as you would find in mm-sources). The kernel doesn't

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD64: vanilla-sources and the risk of using them

2005-05-15 Thread Michael Haan
On 5/15/05, Daniel Drake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Holly Bostick wrote: The vanilla sources are the same sources you would get on kernel.org. No extra patches (as you would find in gentoo-dev-sources) or optimizations/patches (as you would find in ck-sources) and no bleeding edge patches

[gentoo-user] AMD64: vanilla-sources and the risk of using them

2005-05-14 Thread Michael Haan
I *think* I know what they are, what risk do I run by using them? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD64: vanilla-sources and the risk of using them

2005-05-14 Thread Michael Haan
On 5/14/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Haan schreef: I *think* I know what they are, what risk do I run by using them? If you think there's a risk, then I don't think you know what they are :-) . The vanilla sources are the same sources you would get on kernel.org.

Re: [gentoo-user] AMD64: vanilla-sources and the risk of using them

2005-05-14 Thread Ian Monroe
Yea, if I understand you right, your wrong. Vanilla-sources is optimized for your computer as well. On 5/14/05, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've always used gentoo-dev-sources (now gentoo-sources, correct?) because I was under the impression that they were optimized for my hardware