Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 17:31:38 +0100 From: "Herbert J. Skuhra" <herbert@mailbox.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Deprecated Package Dependency... what now? Message-ID: <86varmz7rp.wl-herbert@mailbox.org> In-Reply-To: <092916dc-cb42-a0f0-cb2f-0deb7d95012c@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAOEVnYvh7g=6616ueVD8kkkaH%2BgC8_0iF5p8b_djwWXTVTa=Nw@mail.gmail.com> <092916dc-cb42-a0f0-cb2f-0deb7d95012c@FreeBSD.org>
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Matthew Seaman skrev: > > On 05/03/2017 15:36, Christofer C. Bell wrote: >> I'm not sure how to proceed here. I use git on my system. It depends on >> package p5-Net-SMTP-SSL-1.04. This package is set to expire and be >> removed. For information on my system, I'm using FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p8, >> amd64, and all binary packages (not ports). >> >> From the daily security report: >> >> Checking for packages with security vulnerabilities: >> p5-Net-SMTP-SSL-1.04: Tag: expiration_date Value: 2017-03-31 >> p5-Net-SMTP-SSL-1.04: Tag: deprecated Value: Deprecated by upstream, use >> Net::SMTP instead >> >> Here's where I can see that git depends on this: >> >> $ pkg info -D p5-Net-SMTP-SSL-1.04 >> p5-Net-SMTP-SSL-1.04: >> Always: >> ===> NOTICE: >> >> This port is deprecated; you may wish to reconsider installing it: >> >> Deprecated by upstream, use Net::SMTP instead. >> >> It is scheduled to be removed on or after 2017-03-31. > > Yes, the functionality of the Net::SMTP::SSL perl module has been rolled > into Net::SMTP. However, git upstream are apparently reluctant to patch > the one included perl script that is affected because they don't want to > break compatibility with some Linux distribution that has not updated > their perl modules for several years. > > There are patches floating about to fix that one script in git -- not > sure whats happening with regard to getting those committed to the ports > tree. Even if those patches don't get committed, the lifetime of > p5-Net-SMTP-SSL would be extended instead: the git port is too simply > important to be allowed to be broken. The port is already patched: r431794 | garga | 2017-01-18 13:40:53 +0100 (ons., 18 jan. 2017) | 6 lines Remove dependency of DEPRECATED mail/p5-Net-SMTP-SSL from devel/git PR: 214335 Obtained from: git development mailing list Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications (Netgate) But MFH is missing in the quartely branch. -- Herbert
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