Re: glibc update

[Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 03:20:10PM -0500, Leo Famulari wrote:
> I'm wondering if anyone has rebuilt their local systems based on the
> glibc update in security updates? I'm wondering what is the best way to
> achieve this?
> 
> For Guix users, something like this?
> 
> $ git checkout master \
> && git checkout -b my-branch \
> && git cherry-pick 8304ccdbc7b653ab0b81e3cec5420fcc6 \
> && ./pre-inst-env guix package -u

I tried this. The resulting process downloaded the bootstrap binaries
and appeared to rebuild *everything*. I haven't had time to figure out
what actually got rebuilt and if anything is still using the vulnerable
glibc.

> 
> It would probably be desirable to reboot afterwards.
> 
> GuixSD users would want to reconfigure, presumably.
> 
> Then, you would rebase 'my-branch' on master as desired.
> 
> It seems arduous, but faster than waiting for our build farm to rebuild
> all packages.
> 
> Feedback requested!
>