Re: Linux-libre 5.8 and beyond

2020-08-26 Thread Katherine Cox-Buday
Leo Famulari writes: > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 05:01:07PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote: > But, we must remember that the other party may not understand the > context of their suggestion deeply enough to know why it should not be > implemented. There are technical *and* social contexts at play, and t

Re: 02/02: linux-libre: Enable module compression.

2020-08-26 Thread Leo Famulari
On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 06:23:19AM -0400, guix-comm...@gnu.org wrote: > This commit enables GZIP compression for linux-libre kernel modules, > reducing > the size of linux-libre by 63% (165MB). Nice! > > * gnu/packages/aux-files/linux-libre/5.8-arm.conf: Enable GZ compression. >

Setuid programs

2020-08-26 Thread Gábor Boskovits
Hello guix, I would like to propose an extension to how setuid programs are currently handled. The last time I checked it could only do setuid and setgid root. Some services, such as postfix need a more fine grained setuid setup. I would propose a record type, such as: (setuid (program setuid-prog