Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:52:17 -0700 From: "Spiral Eyed Girl" <spiraleyedgirl@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: interim port versions Message-ID: <BAY12-F20i6bdVJWrGW0002bcfd@hotmail.com>
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Qucik question: Whats a port freeze? >From: "Aaron P. Martinez" <ml@proficuous.com> >To: questions@FreeBSD.org >Subject: interim port versions >Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 18:48:18 -0500 > > >I'm new to the bsd's, came from linux and i'm having a bit of difficulty >figuring out the general philosophy. > >One of the major reasons that i decided to try out the 'bsds' is >because of the security. I'm having a hard time however figuring out >how security issues in the ports get dealt with when there is a port >freeze, like now. The best example i can think of is gaim...(i almost >didn't recheck the port on the 4.10 tree, it's now mysteriously up to >date, phew.) > >......slightly altered next paragraph.... >lets say i found out there is a msn slp buffer overflow (like currently) >and i wanted to protect myself....so i cvsuped my ports tree and then >wanted to portupgrade....... problem is...since it's a port freeze...up >until a few days ago it's still at 0.82 not the 1.02 that is out now, I >watched it and never saw version 1.00 or 1.01. Are the ports frozen >_except_for_security_fixes or am i missing something. > > >I looked around on the lists for this but didn't see it and it seems >like a fairly big deal if security issues arise during a freeze. > >Thanks in advance, > >Aaron > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! hthttp://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
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