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Re: Feature request: improved build-id generation

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation dot org>
To: Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto at amacapital dot net>, Andy Lutomirski <luto at kernel dot org>, Binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>, Laura Abbott <labbott at redhat dot com>, X86 ML <x86 at kernel dot org>, "H. J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>, mjw at fedoraproject dot org, Kernel Fedora <kernel at lists dot fedoraproject dot org>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 18:58:19 -0700
Subject: Re: Feature request: improved build-id generation
References: <CALCETrUK35iiygNfA9mqDLx7SZDh-eXk885fvDTOXOR1jFFOAg@mail.gmail.com> <20180314232701.GD3812@bubble.grove.modra.org> <15D8DF02-CF44-41C9-980D-BEB97F42ACF0@amacapital.net> <20180315010105.GE3812@bubble.grove.modra.org> <CA+55aFygM1gfW1hfGWzH14qr+7CHCvpJt5cmzhRjzV_PvcySUQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 6:46 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> SHA1 with the known attack weakness fixed (aka "Hardened SHA1", the
> way git already does) in a non-certificate environment is fine.

.. don't get me wrong, git will migrate away, but the whole "it's not
fine" stuff is just fear-mongering garbage.

               Linus

References:
- Feature request: improved build-id generation
  - From: Andy Lutomirski
- Re: Feature request: improved build-id generation
  - From: Alan Modra
- Re: Feature request: improved build-id generation
  - From: Andy Lutomirski
- Re: Feature request: improved build-id generation
  - From: Alan Modra
- Re: Feature request: improved build-id generation
  - From: Linus Torvalds

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