From owner-freebsd-security Thu Nov 29 13:59: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from moek.pir.net (moek.pir.net [130.64.1.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16E0C37B41A for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:58:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from pir by moek.pir.net with local (Exim) id 169ZCn-0000EO-00 for freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 16:58:53 -0500 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 16:58:52 -0500 From: Peter Radcliffe To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OT: package management (was: Re: Updating ssh) Message-ID: <20011129165852.D26664@pir.net> Reply-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011128151923.041d0710@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20011128151923.041d0710@localhost> <20011129192731.GA513@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20011129145159.00afd050@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20011129145159.00afd050@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 02:52:27PM -0700 X-fish: < X-Copy-On-Listmail: Please do NOT Cc: me on list mail. Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Brett Glass probably said: > At 12:27 PM 11/29/2001, The Anarcat wrote: > >And there is a solution: we have a package management suite, we should > >use it to package the base system. > I really do like this idea. So do a lot of people, but in every one of the (many) times this has come up before no one has stepped forward to put the work into cataloging all the files in the base systems and creating the package information. This has been hashed through a dozen times with no resolution and is no longer appropriate for -security, hmm ? P. -- pir pir-sig@pir.net pir-sig@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message