Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264269AbTKKHrS (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 02:47:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264272AbTKKHrS (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 02:47:18 -0500 Received: from pcp01184054pcs.strl301.mi.comcast.net ([68.60.186.73]:25819 "EHLO michonline.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264269AbTKKHrQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 02:47:16 -0500 Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 02:47:15 -0500 From: Ryan Anderson To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Some thoughts about stable kernel development Message-ID: <20031111074715.GH22850@michonline.com> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200311091950.hA9Jo01d002041@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <200311091754.21619.rob@landley.net> <200311100850.hAA8oiIX000283@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200311100850.hAA8oiIX000283@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1546 Lines: 50 On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 08:50:44AM +0000, John Bradford wrote: > On the other hand, many users out there are _obviously_ under the > illusion that 2.6.0-test has no known security issues, and that is > false. If their machine is internet-connected and compromised, it can > cause annoyance to third parties. Given that, I think a file in the > root of the kernel tree, saying something like, "Don't use me on an > internet connected machine unless you know what you're doing" would be > worth considering. Something vaguely like this might help the issue (with the obvious file created having the appropriate note in it) Untested, and I'm sure there are style problems, but the idea should be obvious: --- Makefile 2003-10-26 19:04:21.000000000 -0500 +++ Makefile.ryan 2003-11-11 02:45:01.000000000 -0500 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ # That's our default target when none is given on the command line .PHONY: all -all: +all: check-beta ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),) # Invoke a second make in the output directory, passing relevant variables @@ -1027,3 +1027,12 @@ endif # skip-makefile FORCE: + +.PHONY: check-beta + +check-beta: + if [ -f README.Security && ! -f README.Security.IknowwhatImdoing ] ; then \ + cat README.Security ; \ + read ; \ + fi + -- Ryan Anderson sometimes Pug Majere - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/