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Date:      Thu, 17 May 2001 16:34:58 -0700
From:      Eric M Logan <ericmlogan@mediaone.net>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: about gftp...
Message-ID:  <3B046022.5F6A8544@mediaone.net>
References:  <3B045CA0.EB04F335@mediaone.net> <20010517163158.B58216@xor.obsecurity.org>

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Thanks for responding.  I understand why it would be broken so I guess my
question is, will it be fixed or is that it?  Thanks


Kris Kennaway wrote:

> 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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