Bug#728392: linux: Please update m68k config
Ben Hutchings dixit:
>> One’s to add back CONFIG_BRK which is apparently needed to run a
>> popular ramdisk image used e.g. when testing the hardware or setting
>> up a completely new system.
>
>You mean CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK. I don't like this but I doubt anyone cares
>to write exploits for m68k any more.
Oh sorry, yes I do. I understand why you’d not like it, but the
second half-sentence is probably true (I know an OpenBSD developer
who runs his webserver on a VAX for the same reason), and the
kernel developer explicitly requested it.
>I'll apply this, but am currently blocked by the Alioth outage.
No worries about that, and, as usual, thanks for the good “service”.
bye,
//mirabilos
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„Cool, /usr/share/doc/mksh/examples/uhr.gz ist ja ein Grund,
mksh auf jedem System zu installieren.“
-- XTaran auf der OpenRheinRuhr, ganz begeistert
(EN: “[…]uhr.gz is a reason to install mksh on every system.”)
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