Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 14:14:40 -0500 From: "Scot Hetzel" <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: "Nigel Houghton" <nigel@sourcefire.com> Cc: gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com>, freebsd security <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd and snort Message-ID: <790a9fff0805271214k4268fffdmaff2b0d3ea29759d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <C46174B6.EDB6%nigel@sourcefire.com> References: <451466.32114.qm@web52108.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <C46174B6.EDB6%nigel@sourcefire.com>
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On 5/27/08, Nigel Houghton <nigel@sourcefire.com> wrote: > On 5/27/08 2:51 AM, "gahn" <ipfreak@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Hello all: > > > > I tried to install snort under /usr/ports/security and have some problems. > > with "make all", I checked every item on the menu but I got error messages: > > > 3. Did you try to contact the port maintainer or file a bug report? (the > port needs updating anyway) > The maintainer knows about the broken state of FLEXSRESP2 patch, as he was the one who submitted the change to mark it broken in revision 1.70 (2006/08/30 04:26:53 clsung) when it was first introduced. It also looks like snort 2.8.1 now incorporates the FLEXRESP2 patch in the main source. I submitted PR 124048 to remove the BROKEN state of FLEXRESP2. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=124048 > Having said all that, I don't know why flexresp2 is needed for a plain snort > build. > The default state for FLEXRESP2 is OFF. The only OPTION that is enabled is dynamic plugin support (DYNAMIC) for a plain snort build. Scot
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