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authorV3n3RiX <venerix@koprulu.sector>2021-10-26 00:10:07 +0100
committerV3n3RiX <venerix@koprulu.sector>2021-10-26 00:10:07 +0100
commit95461df035e3867364495f065e5e805bf629b2d7 (patch)
tree867dce371a84a696e91be255d89f282975aa0480 /metadata/news
parent46eedbedafdb0040c37884982d4c775ce277fb7b (diff)
gentoo resync : 25.10.2021
Diffstat (limited to 'metadata/news')
-rw-r--r--metadata/news/2021-09-24-busybox-removal-from-system-set/2021-09-24-busybox-removal-from-system-set.en.txt7
-rw-r--r--metadata/news/2021-10-17-openssl-bindist-removal/2021-10-17-openssl-bindist-removal.en.txt38
-rw-r--r--metadata/news/2021-10-24-netifrc-dhcp-client/2021-10-24-netifrc-dhcp-client.en.txt21
-rw-r--r--metadata/news/Manifest30
-rw-r--r--metadata/news/Manifest.files.gzbin15146 -> 15510 bytes
-rw-r--r--metadata/news/timestamp.chk2
-rw-r--r--metadata/news/timestamp.commit2
7 files changed, 82 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/metadata/news/2021-09-24-busybox-removal-from-system-set/2021-09-24-busybox-removal-from-system-set.en.txt b/metadata/news/2021-09-24-busybox-removal-from-system-set/2021-09-24-busybox-removal-from-system-set.en.txt
index 16cb242bdb8b..81593d34e63d 100644
--- a/metadata/news/2021-09-24-busybox-removal-from-system-set/2021-09-24-busybox-removal-from-system-set.en.txt
+++ b/metadata/news/2021-09-24-busybox-removal-from-system-set/2021-09-24-busybox-removal-from-system-set.en.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Title: busybox removal from system set
Author: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
Posted: 2021-09-24
-Revision: 1
+Revision: 2
News-Item-Format: 2.0
Display-If-Installed: sys-apps/busybox
Display-If-Profile: default/linux/*
@@ -17,3 +17,8 @@ present in your Portage world file.
As well, the "static" USE flag has been disabled by default. It may be
re-enabled locally via package.use if so desired.
+
+UPDATE: busybox includes a DHCP client (udhcpc). Some users of netifrc
+unknowingly rely on this client. If your networking configuration uses
+DHCP, please ensure that you have a DHCP client selected in the Portage
+world file.
diff --git a/metadata/news/2021-10-17-openssl-bindist-removal/2021-10-17-openssl-bindist-removal.en.txt b/metadata/news/2021-10-17-openssl-bindist-removal/2021-10-17-openssl-bindist-removal.en.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ca6c6e651348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata/news/2021-10-17-openssl-bindist-removal/2021-10-17-openssl-bindist-removal.en.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+Title: dev-libs/openssl USE=bindist removal
+Author: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
+Posted: 2021-10-17
+Revision: 1
+News-Item-Format: 2.0
+Display-If-Installed: dev-libs/openssl[bindist]
+
+On 2021-11-19, the base-system team will remove USE=bindist
+behavior from dev-libs/openssl, per bug #762850 [1].
+
+Users should not experience any ABI incompatibilities that
+require recompilation when moving from
+dev-libs/openssl[bindist] to dev-libs/openssl[-bindist].
+
+However, moving back in future may recompile if any binaries
+of their systems depend on the additional symbols available
+with USE=-bindist.
+
+USE=bindist on dev-libs/openssl historically applied RedHat
+work, called hobble-openssl [2], that was intended to make
+OpenSSL "safe" to distribute with regards to various
+patents, in the opinion of RedHat's legal counsel. The
+hobble-openssl, in it's last iterations, it greatly
+restricted which parts of EC (elliptic curve) were available
+[3][4]
+
+Debian & Ubuntu do not apply any similar behavior, and
+Gentoo intends to follow Debian's lead with regards to
+OpenSSL hobble-openssl moving forward.
+
+[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/762850
+[2] Multiple files:
+ https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/openssl/blob/rawhide/f/hobble-openssl
+ https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/openssl/blob/rawhide/f/ectest.c
+ https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/openssl/blob/rawhide/f/ec_curve.c
+ https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/openssl/blob/rawhide/f/0011-Remove-EC-curves.patch
+[3] https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/f0d16240bb0dd1ff38fb5223bec810ab
+[4] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/security_hardening/using-the-system-wide-cryptographic-policies_security-hardening#system-wide-crypto-policies_using-the-system-wide-cryptographic-policies
diff --git a/metadata/news/2021-10-24-netifrc-dhcp-client/2021-10-24-netifrc-dhcp-client.en.txt b/metadata/news/2021-10-24-netifrc-dhcp-client/2021-10-24-netifrc-dhcp-client.en.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d97a45443d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata/news/2021-10-24-netifrc-dhcp-client/2021-10-24-netifrc-dhcp-client.en.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Title: netifrc DHCP client
+Author: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
+Posted: 2021-10-24
+Revision: 1
+News-Item-Format: 2.0
+Display-If-Installed: net-misc/netifrc
+Display-If-Profile: default/linux/*
+
+The sys-apps/busybox package was recently removed from the system set.
+Users of net-misc/netifrc may have unknowingly relied upon this package
+to provide a DHCP client.
+
+If you are using netifrc and use DHCP for network connectivity, please
+ensure you have a supported DHCP client installed/selected in the
+Portage world file.
+
+Supported clients include:
+
+dhcpcd provided by net-misc/dhcpcd
+dhclient provided by net-misc/dhcp
+udhcpc provided by sys-apps/busybox
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@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
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-Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:38:55 +0000
+Mon, 25 Oct 2021 22:39:00 +0000
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