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Author: miro.rovis
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To: dng
CC: David Harrison
Subject: Re: [DNG] Quick start guide to uprading to Devuan and configuring minimalism
On 151104-18:07-0000, dev1fanboy@??? wrote:
> I'm still getting used to the mailing list so sorry if this starts a second
> post
>
> I didn't realise I would get such a good response for sharing a little
> knowledge, thanks to everyone for the compliments and for resharing. I
> posted here just hoping to help someone for now until I had more to share. I
> wasn't sure how to respond at first as I'm not used to publishing but I will
> say that yes I'm happy for everyone to share, modify, and reuse my previous
> post/work on upgrading devuan and configuring minimalism. Please also give
> others permission to do so, and you can just mention dev1fanboy if you like.
>  
>
> It was kindly suggested to me by one of the installer devs from the
> debianfork channel that I could share it on the devuan gitlib instance under
> my own project. I didn't realise they had it open for others to sign up
> (which is cool), or maybe it's my noobishness about gitlab as well but i
> have posted it here:
>
> https://git.devuan.org/dev1fanboy/Upgrade-Install-Devuan/wikis/Upgrade-to-Devuan-and-minimalism

And looking up also:
http://wiki.friendsofdevuan.org/doku.php/quick_start_minimal

And I was wondering. In my Tips page on Debian:
Grsecurity/Pax installation on Debian GNU/Linux
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=108616

and my dream being to teach newbies deploying grsec-hardened kernel in
Devuan, since Debian has fallen victim to poetter-people...

[And I was wondering] (sorry if I've rusted a bit in Debian/Devuan ways and
terminology since), *grsecurity* can since recently
(see:
Intel Subsidiary's Violations Made Grsec withdraw Stable?
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1031476.html
gone stable-available-only-for-sponsors (and I don't blame
the grsec devs for that...)
)

Since grsecurity can since recently only be used if you use testing
kernel (such as the current one in my Gentoo: 4.2.5-hardened), I was
wondering, and excuse my ignorance if that is the case, whether after:

Upgrading Debian to Devuan Stable (aka Jessie 1.0)

it is possible to use a testing kernel on the Devuan Stable Jessie 1.0,
to then compile and deploy grsecurity-hardened kernel, much like I was
doing in my Devuan tips page above?

(A note is due: much that I'm eager to, if the answer to my query is:
YES it can be done, try that A.S.A.P and report, poor health and other
issues may prevent me for some more time to do so; pls. should that be
the case, don't count it at inconsistency on my part)

--
Miroslav Rovis
Zagreb, Croatia
http://www.CroatiaFidelis.hr