Em 07-11-2015 05:52, Pierre Labastie escreveu:
> On 07/11/2015 02:41, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>> Ken Moffat wrote:
>>> On Sat, Nov 07, 2015 at 01:10:53AM +0100, Tim Tassonis wrote:
>>>> Hi all
>>>>
>>>> I just read that in order to sign modules in the latest 4.3 kernel, one has
>>>> to have openssl installed.
>>>>
>>>> I just wondered if it would be an idea to move openssl from blfs to lfs?
>>>> Not
>>>> that I personally need this feature urgently or really want to advocate the
>>>> change.
>>>>
>>>> But since openssl probably already is one of the first blfs packages people
>>>> install (to get remote ssh access via openssh), it also wouldn't harm much
>>>> moving it to lfs.
>>
>>> I think most LFS builders do not need to sign kernel modules, indeed
>>> some LFS users try to avoid modules altogether. I really do not
>>> think that many of our (LFS,BLFS) users will get any benefit from
>>> signng their modules.
>>>
>>> Also, while people building {.B}LFS on servers or firewalls are likely
>>> to use ssh, I suspect that the proportion of our desktop builders who
>>> use openssh is below 50%.
>>
>> I agree with you Ken that LFS users don't really have a need to sign (or use)
>> modules. However, I would think that desktop users would want ssh too. Even
>> if a build is in a virtual system, ssh makes it very easy to build where
>> copy/paste is not always easy directly into a virtual system.
>>
>> I think one of the hardest parts of building a desktop is between the end of
>> LFS and when Xorg is completed with a decent graphical browser. I know it
>> can
>> be done in chroot, but I don't think that is the easiest way.
>>
>
> I try to avoid chroot as soon as possible, and the survival kit for that, in
> the absence of X, is gpm (for copy-paste), wget (for downloading tarballs) and
> lynx (for reading the book and browsing). But owing to the number of https
> adresses on the internet nowadays, openssl needs to be built in the last two.
>
> Not sure it justifies having openssl in LFS, though.
>
> Pierre
>
MIT Kerberos V5-1.13.2 is an optional dependency.
There are also two circular dependencies:
{{{
Most users will want to install Certificate Authority Certificates for
validation of downloaded certificates. For example, these certificates
can be used by git-2.6.0, cURL-7.45.0 or Wget-1.16.3 when accessing
secure (https protocol) sites. To do this, follow the instructions from
the Certificate Authority Certificates page.
}}
I think this a package for BLFS.
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