From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S7pYs-0002gN-J0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:52:22 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B3940E08D6; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:52:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7842AE08C3 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:51:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 343C52EA93A for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:51:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 65+NRryrhRLP for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:51:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ca.inter.net (unknown [69.166.26.201]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id B79692EA954 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:51:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:51:44 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:51:44 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! Message-ID: <20120314145144.GC3200@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <20120311022706.GA26296@linux1> <4F5C1BE9.3040609@gentoo.org> <20120311173355.GB6599@linux1> <4F5EA152.80604@gentoo.org> <4F5FE34A.4030609@gentoo.org> <4F6091CE.1050009@gentoo.org> <20120314144115.GA30606@kroah.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120314144115.GA30606@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 66db308b-17d0-46d1-8308-851c41063b45 X-Archives-Hash: 5d904833d382fd575b48e3a83d7ffd5d 120314 Greg KH wrote: > if you have /usr on a different filesystem today, with no initrd, > your machine could be broken and you don't even know it. Whatever do you mean ? -- if it were truly broken, it wouldn't perform in some important & obvious respect. Do you mean "insecure" ? -- if so, what is the threat ? > greg "why is this thread still alive" k-h Your dismissive response is perhaps one reason ... -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca