On 12/19/2014 12:02 AM, Sven Vermeulen wrote: > > On Dec 19, 2014 2:38 AM, "Matthew Thode" <prometheanf...@gentoo.org > <mailto:prometheanf...@gentoo.org>> wrote: >> >> On 12/18/2014 07:09 PM, Anthony G. Basile wrote: >> > 2) what to do about tar and POSIX capabilities in the context of >> > building stage3's. Utilities like ping that used to be setuid to root >> > are now just using posix caps. But preserving xattrs with tar is >> > tricky. Since we dealt with this for the user.pax.* xattr namespace >> > jmbsvicetto asked us to look at security.capability. However, the issue >> > may now be mute because I just got a message from him that >> > >> > tar --xattrs --xattrs-include=security.capability >> > --xattrs-include=user.* --acls -xjpvf >> > >> > works to get us all the xattr goodies we need for hardened and gentoo in >> > general. >> regarding 2: The thing we need to ask is if we want to ask users to run >> that to extract stage3 tarballs, instead > > What xattrs are there in the tarball that we don't want our users to > install? > > Wkr, > Sven Vermeulen > not a question about trust, but one of added complexity :D
-- -- Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)
