Re: [PATCH] Remove HFS support

["Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko" <phcoder@gmail.com>]

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Le ven. 19 août 2022, 20:11, Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> a écrit :

> On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 04:03:38PM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> >> On Aug 19, 2022, at 3:59 PM, Daniel Kiper <dkiper@net-space.pl> wrote:
> >>
> >> If I do not hear any major objections in the following weeks I will
> >> merge this patch or a variant of it in the second half of September.
> >
> >We’re still formatting our /boot partitions for Debian PowerPC for
> >PowerMacs using HFS, so this change would be a breaking change for
> >us.
> >
> >So, that would be a no from Debian’s side.
>
> Not so fast please, Adrian. At the risk of sounding harsh, non-release
> old ports like powerpc *really* don't get to dictate things in Debian
> terms.
>
But booting old machines is still desirable for GRUB. Is there a reason why
HFS is actively bad for modern machines? Especially if it's disabled in
case of lockdown.
Can I have more details about your security concerns? I may consider
rewriting parts of HFS code to improve it.

>
> As Daniel Axtens has been finding out, the HFS code is terrible in
> terms of security. If you still need it for old/semi-dead machines,
> maybe you should fork an older grub release and stay with that?
>
> --
> Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.
> steve@einval.com
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> there
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> the
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> silver-handled
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