linux-kernel - RE: gcc 5 & 6 & others already out of date?

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Message-ID: <406260e46943493781891c480e4f8b17@AcuMS.aculab.com>
Date:   Fri, 14 Oct 2022 04:28:10 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Willy Tarreau' <w@....eu>, "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
CC:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        "linux-toolchains@...r.kernel.org" <linux-toolchains@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: gcc 5 & 6 & others already out of date?

From: Willy Tarreau
> Sent: 13 October 2022 17:18
...
> That's also the model where people routinely do:
> 
>     $ curl github.com/blah | sudo sh

Anyone doing that wants their head examined....
I'm not sure I'd trust any source of files enough for that.

Maybe some things get run as root, and maybe they might
do nasty things, but running random downloaded scripts
is as bad as clicking on links in outlook.

	David

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