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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