<p dir="ltr">A ) building gcc without spp does not disable spp for other packages.<br> B) spp is a good thing even for single user desktops.<br> C) i hate long answers without useful content.<br> D ) i hate the quoting of my phone.</p> <div class="gmail_quote">Am 17.06.2014 15:05 schrieb "Frank Peters" <<a href="mailto:frank.peters@comcast.net">frank.peters@comcast.net</a>>:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 07:11:26 +0000 (UTC)<br> Duncan <<a href="mailto:1i5t5.duncan@cox.net">1i5t5.duncan@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br> <br> > If you want to disable the strong-but-not-all default when it<br> > comes in 4.9, OK, but I'd suggest at least keeping this minimal threshold<br> > of protection, particularly since it /will/ be the default now and thus<br> > there should be if anything fewer problems with it than not.<br> ><br> <br> The problem with all Linux distributions, and not just Gentoo, is that<br> they are directed toward a multi-user, networked environment. As a<br> consequence, they exhibit security and other features that generally<br> make no sense whatsoever for a single-user desktop machine that optionally<br> connects externally only with an ISP through a router/modem.<br> <br> I continually have configuration problems because of the need to<br> work around the useless (vis-a-vis the single-user desktop) and<br> myriad requirements of the multi-user, networked scenario.<br> <br> In the single-user, desktop environment, the probability of a buffer<br> overflow "attack" is virtually nil, especially if one is highly selective<br> about "surfing" the Internet and employing Internet software (which<br> I am).<br> <br> There needs to be a Linux distribution or sub-distribution that caters<br> to the needs of the single, desktop user, ensconced as he is within<br> his private garret and far removed from the troubles of a massive<br> network. My system is configured in a way that is quite contrary<br> to recommended Linux practice (for example I run only and always as the<br> root superuser and have no need for file permissions) but yet it makes<br> perfect sense for my situation.<br> <br> Are single desktop users that much of a minority? I would hope not.<br> <br> Frank Peters<br> <br> <br> </blockquote></div>