On December 4, 2020 1:40:57 AM UTC, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>Howdy,
>
>I've mentioned I follow -dev to see what is coming around the corner. 
>There is a thread on there about switching tmpfiles packages for
>security reasons.  I currently have sys-apps/opentmpfiles installed.  I
>guess that is the default for openrc.  Someone mentioned
>systemd-tmpfiles as a alternative that doesn't have the same security
>problems.  My question is, is this big enough a problem to switch or is
>it safe enough for us to use the same we have been?  It sounds like a
>rather rare problem.  Maybe even only during boot up.  I'm not 100%
>sure
>what it does or anything really.  I guess that's why I con't make sense
>of switching or not since I'm not sure what the package does or how
>serious the security problem is.

This is the first I've heard of this but I'm definitely not switching to systemd-anything, even if that's the only alternative.

>Also, our local power company is about to start rolling out internet
>service.  It's done with fiber and the slowest package, 200MBs/sec, is
>over 100 times faster than my current DSL.  It only costs $4.00 a month
>more than what I'm paying now.  Their fastest package is 1GBs/sec. 
>Dang, I can't even imagine that sort of speed.  Another good thing,
>same
>speed BOTH ways.  I can upload videos just as fast as I can download
>one. Yeppie!!

Good for you!

>My only thing now, I hope it works like DSL/cable/etc and just requires
>me to plug in a ethernet cable.  In other words, OS doesn't matter.  I
>suspect it does but we will see. 

Highly doubt OS matters at all for ISPs. Internet service is standardized you could say, at least at the end points where a device connects to a home network or to the ISP, so there's no reason why a Linux-based OS wouldn't be able to connect.

>Any thoughts on tmpfiles?  What are other doing?  Switching?  Nothing? 

Waiting for more info + whether a fix will come and if not what the alternatives are, and if the only alternative is systemd then I'll wait still for something that isn't systemd.

Kusoneko.