Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:48:50 -0400 From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org, Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-13:05.nfsserver Message-ID: <20130430224850.GA1579@glenbarber.us> In-Reply-To: <201304302241.QAA05359@lariat.net> References: <201304292055.r3TKtcEs039958@freefall.freebsd.org> <201304292208.QAA16119@lariat.net> <20130430034603.GF1588@glenbarber.us> <201304300416.WAA20729@lariat.net> <20130430042415.GG1588@glenbarber.us> <CADLo839_J40E4O2s7Af3r1stH98B-fjKtBwmNovaPfY7peqi7Q@mail.gmail.com> <201304301936.NAA02519@lariat.net> <20130430211531.GA1621@glenbarber.us> <201304302241.QAA05359@lariat.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 04:41:03PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > At 03:15 PM 4/30/2013, Glen Barber wrote: > > >Let's start from the beginning. What is the name of your custom kernel? > > The file name of the compiled kernel? The file name of the configuration file? > Or the identification string within the kernel? > Yes. (All of them.) > The file name is, of course, /boot/kernel/kernel. It's built without > modules, so > it's the only file in the directory /boot/kernel. > > The configuration file is at /sys/amd64/conf/GATEWAY. > > The identification string within the kernel is GATEWAY. > > I am not sure what you're driving at here, though, so please explain. > What I was getting at is seeing if you had a custom kernel called GENERIC, despite the vast amounts of documentation noting that GENERIC should _not_ be modified to customize the kernel. So, since I know you're not new to FreeBSD, if you feel there is a bug somewhere, please file a PR. I disagree that there is a problem, however, since users building a custom kernel should _not_ use freebsd-update(8) for kernel upgrades. Glen [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRgEpSAAoJEFJPDDeguUajWz4H/jLPw4+qwDGL0olN1EDgr1U0 Y20jp4hiTul5pUaFff57sa71MhgPPpa3yiT/D3PaSf33eLyi+jkK9xcD1k1ShqZZ VneTPq382qFZTsPVi7eBGFxRr3Q6cvO8MfqPg/bbvQ7Yw1Dojul2z/rHLeVxW6SM 9aWPnht6ubVe/qVEEON30ggvkQk+sh6py42+eBszRWU2ozI7A9PsnmWkcgt2OjB7 5QIU8815dXrQBoI4cSlx9jMgSYGh5tkmpDWn89fMNzLyps0m9/FWT3hwnRzcQakZ ARt39VOClQ+HHq1/0kS1Sa4oUVSu8tQivUtR0dqsFWaAI8YjxzrMzjQJ0NCtn40= =hirH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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