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Bug 8186 - warning about gentoo kernel, appropriate now?
Summary: warning about gentoo kernel, appropriate now?
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs-user
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: Lowest enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Sherman Boyd (meekrob) (RETIRED)
URL: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/build.html
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Reported: 2002-09-21 09:32 UTC by Lloyd D Budd
Modified: 2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Lloyd D Budd 2002-09-21 09:32:23 UTC
Is the following warning really appropriate, necessary now:

Warning: Please note that gentoo-sources is heavily patched and may not be 
stable. Using vanilla-sources might be a better idea if you encounter numerous 
problems. On a side note, beware of grsecurity, especially with X. It is best 
to disable grsecurity unless you are absolutely sure that you need it.
Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2002-09-21 14:19:14 UTC
which part do you have a problem with ?

the kernel is heavily patched and as such not really supposed to be used for 
systems that need stability

grsec warning is there because in order to properly use grsec you need to learn 
how to use it ... the common user is not going to know where to start.  the 
default permissions could prevent many programs from running (e.g. X).
thus its easier to tell users to disable grsec if they dont know how to use it 
and programs stop working
Comment 2 Lloyd D Budd 2002-09-23 21:41:42 UTC
Ok, see this is sort of where things break down for me.  The newbie at this 
point has likely an XFS partition, but only the xfs-sources has support for 
it. 

ASIDE: instead of on a side note, it should read "If using gentoo-sources,..."
Comment 3 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-09-29 12:07:27 UTC
Fixed.

//ZhEN