"jhc0033@gmail.com" <jhc0033@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Apr 30, 4:59 pm, Florian Diesch <die...@spamfence.net> wrote:
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>> It tends to become a full time job if you need to care about security
>> and things like that.
>
> I don't really see how problems in the development tools can easily
> become security problems. My GCC doesn't listen to any ports (I hope).

gcc isn't the only thing a programmer may want to compile. And open
ports aren't the only way for attacks.


> I guess what I would ideally like is something like Debian stable for
> everything, but something like Gentoo/FreeBSD for my choice of
> software in /usr/local on top of that.

Ideally there is some distribution based on the environment you
are working with so you get bugfixes ported to the versions you need.


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It infects your brain as soon as you read it. There is no known
antidote. Sorry for that. You will be my slave soon.


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