From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23580 invoked by uid 1002); 17 Jul 2003 05:24:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 12588 invoked from network); 17 Jul 2003 05:24:30 -0000 Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 00:24:29 -0500 From: Brandon Low To: Matthew Walker Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-ID: <20030717052429.GG27029@lostlogicx.com> References: <1058297089.3511.9.camel@proton.sevenl.net> <20030715194858.GA17740@inventor.gentoo.org> <20030715215354.GB23338@celeborn.wh-og.hs-niederrhein.de> <20030715225742.GD8196@lostlogicx.com> <39556.216.190.203.130.1058377135.squirrel@squirrelmail.kydance.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <39556.216.190.203.130.1058377135.squirrel@squirrelmail.kydance.net> X-Operating-System: Linux found.lostlogicx.com 2.4.20-pfeifer-r1_pre7 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] This is just plain wrong. X-Archives-Salt: 1498ffef-583b-4955-a8d1-3f02969fe09d X-Archives-Hash: 7ba28addca92e6d7aabdcff3027f39f3 On Wed, 07/16/03 at 11:38:55 -0600, Matthew Walker wrote: > > The feature in portage for this support is almost complete (as you > > mentioned), and it will be a simple matter to keep a more up-to-date > > GLRP for major packages. With a seperate BINARY TREE which can be > > synched against to provide the security only updates. I also believe > > from talking to carpaski today that the basic work to do > > GLSA->PORTAGE->emerge -u security has already been started and really > > just needs a new parent to finish it off. > > > This would be wonderful! There a bug number where we can track the progress > of this feature? > Yeah, there is at least one: 5835, carpaski says there may be another. > > So basically we're well on our way to having what we need, graphical > > automated installer is in progress, we have a kernel autobuilder so that > > users don't have to fear gentoo because they can't configure their own > > linux kernel, and we will soon have a binary package > > autodownload/install process which will destroy any automatic binary > > upgrade system currently available that I am aware of. > > > > --Brandon > I'm interested to read more about the kernel autobuilder... There info > posted anywhere about that? > > Matthew Yeah, emerge genkernel, it installs a readme and suchlike... :) --Brandon > > -- > Was I helpful? Let others know: > http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=utoxin&p=main -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list