>> A dev is asking me to switch to a hardened profile in order to test a >> fix. I'm happy to go through the process, but is there a chance my >> laptop could be unusable after the switch? If that happens I'll be in >> real trouble. Will I be able to switch back to a non-hardened profile >> afterward? I plan to follow this guide: >> >> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/hardenedfaq.xml#hardenedprofile >> >> BTW, are emerge -e world and emerge -e system both necessary? I >> thought emerge -e world would rebuild everything. > > Switching to hardened is safe. The switch back should be, too, although > I haven't personally tried it. (Why would you switch back?)
I originally had my laptop on a hardened profile (I think it was a couple laptops back) but there were so many problems I eventually gave up. I remember doing a lot of system reinstalling as I switched profiles around. I don't have time to reinstall my system right now so I'm trying to be sure I can switch to hardened (and from hardened if necessary) without reinstalling. > You emerge system first, and then world so that your world is built by a > hardened toolchain. When you compile gcc/glibc with USE=hardened, it > gives them super powers. Would 'emerge gcc glibc && emerge -e world' have the same affect? - Grant
