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 1NFqHZ-0001Lr-8c for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:34:17 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6FBACE094B; Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:33:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pw0-f47.google.com (mail-pw0-f47.google.com [209.85.160.47]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D5E2E094B for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:33:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwi9 with SMTP id 9so168805pwi.26 for ; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:33:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=x2ETOA7LmObF3TMj3NLVsAhYy2prNV3uon9T6xmewro=; b=MXNc7pg6QTdb/ECFpayju7KcpQj4tObSD8Vmh0NcbvXKgNBaDl7mfTbIKGdfOxUM/p iHG8xr+yRO18YkoatHM4NgA0lxjNQ2WT/75RQ9K3SaIswusI4BkSyHHBAvGtDah+cqrf NoDkFWe3ewMGIFR4djpIPaV+MNjv6ILDvzJgs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=C4yd5bgxFaX43yF6VXndS95tCfwoWL8u/1fWNG3kss4uySw6dW5GDbp+dJtd1gNNw8 WNKFnl2LAdarXVz7OzlbHsRQ9U466Xir01MPm2pqom3Hte2CxJVMtRSAjEzMFK0Imau7 37vvKieH5/dQZwmN1I4XoloPUF2tF311h1rI8= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.21.35 with SMTP id y35mr17112wfi.210.1259764414532; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:33:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <200912021251.54344.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 06:33:34 -0800 Message-ID: <9acccfe50912020633s7df15f5awe0503b47df2ad7c2@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Heads up: Your system might be broken and/or insecure due to serious patch-2.6 bug From: "Kevin O'Gorman" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00504502cb1e6dd0ba0479bfc219 X-Archives-Salt: f75756a1-5770-4038-990a-9a55b0cde9fc X-Archives-Hash: 85eeea894ddd641db48c7a9fa63e84e8 --00504502cb1e6dd0ba0479bfc219 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:45 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 12/02/2009 12:51 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On Tuesday 01 December 2009 18:02:48 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >> >>> Everyone should read the following and follow the advice given: >>> >>> >>> http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2009/12/01/gentoo-service-announcement-keep-clear- >>> of-gnu-patch-2-6 >>> >>> >> >> >> I emerged patch-2.60 when it hit ~amd64 then downgraded it 10 days later >> when >> a report on b.g.o. showed it was affecting OOo. >> >> Right in the middle of those 10 days, I ran this: >> >> emerge -e world >> >> >> > > Yep, this bug was a major annoyance for me too. I emerged patch-2.6 on > November 15 and since then, being on ~amd64, a *lot* of other packages. > After downgrading, I needed to rebuild about 300 packages, including all of > KDE4, Qt, Firefox and OpenOffice. > > Quite amazing how much damage a bug in a small package like this can have > on a source-based distro... > For which reason I'm quite happy to be running stable except for specific package releases that I put in package.unmask. Patch-2.6 has been ~x86 all along, so I've been running 2.5.9 continuously since March of 2008. -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD --00504502cb1e6dd0ba0479bfc219 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:45 AM, Nikos Ch= antziaras <realnc@a= rcor.de> wrote:
On 12/02/2009 12:51 PM, Alan McKinnon wro= te:
On Tuesday 01 December 2009 18:02:48 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Everyone should read the following and follow the advice given:

http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2009/12/01/gentoo-s= ervice-announcement-keep-clear-
of-gnu-patch-2-6


<sigh>

I emerged patch-2.60 when it hit ~amd64 then downgraded it 10 days later wh= en
a report on b.g.o. showed it was affecting OOo.

Right in the middle of those 10 days, I ran this:

emerge -e world

</sigh>

Yep, this bug was a major annoyance for me too. =A0I emerged patch-2.6 on N= ovember 15 and since then, being on ~amd64, a *lot* of other packages. =A0A= fter downgrading, I needed to rebuild about 300 packages, including all of = KDE4, Qt, Firefox and OpenOffice.

Quite amazing how much damage a bug in a small package like this can have o= n a source-based distro...

For which reason I'= m quite happy to be running stable except for specific package releases tha= t I put in package.unmask.=A0 Patch-2.6 has been ~x86 all along, so I'v= e been running 2.5.9 continuously since March of 2008.

--
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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