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
Getting a SCSI chain working is perfectly simple if you remember that there
must be exactly three terminations: one on one end of the cable, one on the
far end, and the goat, terminated over the SCSI chain with a silver-handled
knife whilst burning *black* candles. --- Anthony DeBoer
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