From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 24 01:09:08 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C61D106566B for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:09:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2145A8FC0C for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:09:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC6A010C for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:09:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:08:26 -0500 From: Daniel Staal To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20111223164542.b74a8519@mail.ose.nl> References: <20111223164542.b74a8519@mail.ose.nl> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [Spam] Fw: Merry Christmas from the FreeBSD Security Team X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:09:08 -0000 --As of December 23, 2011 5:45:42 PM +0100, Bas Smeelen is alleged to have said: > While I'm writing, a note to freebsd-update users: > FreeBSD-SA-11:07.chroot has a rather messy fix involving adding a new > interface to libc; this has the awkward side effect of causing the sizes > of some "symbols" (aka. functions) in libc to change, resulting in > cascading changes into many binaries. The long list of updated files is > irritating, but isn't a sign that anything in freebsd-update went wrong. --As for the rest, it is mine. I appreciate the hard work, though I could wish it were better timed. ;) However, the above does worry me a bit: Is that same library change likely to affect ports? Any way to tell which, if so? (Or should I just start reinstalling everything...) Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------