On 2010-11-08 07:43, Anthony G. Basile wrote: > On 11/08/2010 02:22 AM, Claes Gyllenswärd wrote: >> 2010/11/8 Anthony G. Basile <bas...@opensource.dyc.edu>: >>> On 11/07/2010 01:47 PM, Claes Gyllenswärd wrote: >>>> 2010/11/6 Anthony G. Basile <bluen...@gentoo.org>: >>>>> >>>>> Hi hardened users, >>>>> >>>>> You may have heard by now that hardened is thinking of changing its >>>>> profile structure. The current structure is crazy complex and there is >>>>> no need for it. Basically we're going to be removing the versioning in >>>>> our profiles so that instead of >>>>> >>>>> [8] hardened/linux/amd64/10.0 * >>>>> [9] hardened/linux/amd64/10.0/no-multilib >>>>> >>>>> you will simply get >>>>> >>>>> [8] hardened/linux/amd64/10.0 * >>>>> [9] hardened/linux/amd64/10.0/no-multilib >>>>> >>>>> to profile-config list. (It'll be similar on the other arches). Behind >>>>> the scenes, we are also deprecating the various "sub-profiles" which >>>>> aren't even included in the profiles.desc list, like amd64/10.0/desktop, >>>>> /server, /developer etc. >>>>> >>>>> This isn't happening soon, so don't panic! You will get a portage news >>>>> item when we're about to do the switch and we will proceed slowly. >>>>> >>>>> I'm emailing the list to sollicit help in testing, espeically on the >>>>> minor arches which are slatted to go first. If you'd like to help out, >>>>> here's how: >>>>> >>>>> 1. Record your current list from emerge -ep system and emerge -ep >>>>> world >>>>> >>>>> 2. git clone git://git.overlays.gentoo.org/proj/hardened-dev.git >>>>> >>>>> 3. cd hardened-dev >>>>> >>>>> 4. git branch profiles origin/profiles >>>>> >>>>> 5. git checkout profiles >>>>> >>>>> 6. mount --bind profiles/ /usr/portage/profiles >>>>> >>>>> 7. Record your emerge -ep system and emerge -ep world, and compare >>>>> to >>>>> before. >>>>> >>>>> There should be no or only minor changes. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D. >>>>> Gentoo Developer >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> This made no difference at all on stable amd64, but I never actually >>>> switched profile, since the instructions don't mention that. >>>> Should I? >>> >>> Yeah I probably should have mentioned that you need to do profile-config >>> list, notice whatever number corresponds to your profile and then >>> profile-config set <num> >>> >>> -- >>> Anthony G. Basile, Ph. D. >>> Chair of Information Technology >>> D'Youville College >>> Buffalo, NY 14201 >>> (716) 829-8197 >>> >>> >> >> Done that too. No difference in the package lists at all. >> vimdiff pointed out a single dot in portages output, but I assume >> that's of no concern. > > Thanks, this give me confidence that I haven't broken anything as far as > amd64 goes. > > Any other arches. I have my own results but would like to hear others. > >
I see no change in package lists on x86 (fairly minimal install). William Throwe
