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Date:      Thu, 17 May 2001 16:31:58 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Eric M Logan <ericmlogan@mediaone.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: about gftp...
Message-ID:  <20010517163158.B58216@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <3B045CA0.EB04F335@mediaone.net>; from ericmlogan@mediaone.net on Thu, May 17, 2001 at 04:20:00PM -0700
References:  <3B045CA0.EB04F335@mediaone.net>

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On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 04:20:00PM -0700, Eric M Logan wrote:
> since updating to 4.3 I've noticed that a lot of ports have been marked
> broken.  For instance, reportmagic, netscape*, and GFTP.  Especially in
> regards to Gftp, if a port is marked broken is that it?  No more app and
> deal with it?  It's been suggested that the Makefile in the ports dir
> could be modified so that the app can be installed anyway but what's the
> proper thing to do as I don't want to install a port that has been
> marked broken?  Thanks.

If you don't care about the reason why it's marked broken, then just
uncomment the #FORBIDDEN line and build it.

We disable ports with security holes so people don't install them by
default without knowing the consequences.

Kris

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