Gentoo desktop?

Mel Wilson mwilson-4YeSL8/OYKRWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org
Wed Jan 16 02:03:37 UTC 2008


Lennart Sorensen wrote:
[ ... ]
> And where do you get the compiler you used to compile everything?  You
> have to have a bootstrap compiler at some point, and people have made
> hidden tings in compilers that could pass on to the next compiler built,
> although whether such things have ever left the research lab or gone
> beynd proof of concept I am not sure.  I kind of hope not.

See <http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html>

IIRC Thompson confirmed that he had released his Trojan, to a limited 
audience.  I can't find the confirming post that I think I remember 
seeing.

	Mel.
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