From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 21 20:55:31 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0B405A31; Sat, 21 Dec 2013 20:55:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from roadkill.tharned.org (roadkill.tharned.org [75.145.12.185]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9E15611C9; Sat, 21 Dec 2013 20:55:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from badger.tharned.org (badger.tharned.org [10.10.10.23]) (authenticated bits=0) by roadkill.tharned.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id rBLKsdvM072516 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 21 Dec 2013 14:54:39 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from gcr+freebsd-current@tharned.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=tharned.org; s=2013; t=1387659280; bh=5bt0OEnhb6P2QIjuhEWo/3YwrfaAX35e6OZrfxQUeho=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=yGx4MtUJYQIcN1Sh6PYDPgP0m5iK0gEsYn2Y4jeNek7DM3DPiYpcXr9TIKn7tiSFV c8Euujy9WfezorFv3/FnoSDgcM6cLlPMYMnG1DObi7coVh6tAqI3UlLq/N59Xi5IU+ noWZlJE/XdQplCK3l/iwl5o9AWCFaQko9YgUlBYA= Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 14:54:39 -0600 (CST) From: Greg Rivers To: Steve Kargl Subject: Re: PACKAGESITE spam In-Reply-To: <20131221201403.GB60827@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Message-ID: References: <52B5DF8C.5050204@gmx.com> <20131221200538.GA60827@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20131221201026.GB1730@glenbarber.us> <20131221201403.GB60827@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (roadkill.tharned.org [75.145.12.185]); Sat, 21 Dec 2013 14:54:40 -0600 (CST) Cc: Glen Barber , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, dt71@gmx.com X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 20:55:31 -0000 On Sat, 21 Dec 2013, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 03:10:26PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 12:05:38PM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote: >>> On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 07:35:56PM +0100, dt71@gmx.com wrote: >>>> I've just installed a very recent -CURRENT, and now I'm performing a >>>> big portupgrade procedure. I get the following message spammed a lot: >>>> >>>> pkg: PACKAGESITE in pkg.conf is deprecated. Please create a >>>> repository configuration file >>> >>> Yeah, I noticed that spam along with the spam that is being spewed to >>> /var/log/messaage, e.g., >>> >>> Dec 21 10:27:28 laptop-kargl pkg-static: libwpg-0.2.2 installed >>> Dec 21 10:44:28 laptop-kargl pkg-static: OpenEXR-2.1.0_1 installed >>> Dec 21 10:47:36 laptop-kargl pkg-static: vigra-1.9.0_4 installed >>> Dec 21 10:51:00 laptop-kargl pkg-static: lp_solve-5.5.2.0 installed >>> >>> Can you (portmgr) please mute these messages? >>> >> >> echo 'SYSLOG: no' >> /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf >> > > It did not ask how to stop this stupidity. I asked to have this > stupidity stopped by default. The spewing of this information in > /var/log/messages provides NOTHING. Please turn it off by default. > Do you really feel that strongly about it? Having a record of changes to the system has always seemed like a feature to me... -- Greg