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Date:      Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:51:53 -0500 (EST)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, Dirk Meyer <dinoex@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/net/freebsd-uucp Makefile distinfo pkg-pli
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1011128105002.37721G-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011128034906.K5788-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>

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IOn Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Vincent Poy wrote:

> > > Doesn't 4.3 have the built-in uucp support still?
> >
> > Yes.  We probably shouldn't build this on 4.x since it's not needed.
> 
> 	I guess the only reason to build this is to have it there before
> doing the 4.4-RELEASE buildworld upgrade of the OS just in case one
> forgets about this. 

I've been wondering if we don't need an UPDATING entry for UUCP,
suggesting that:

(1) The user install the UUCP package in the future, if they use UUCP
or
(2) They garbage collect the UUCP binaries scattered around the system:
    they still present a security risk, and won't be deleted in the
    upgrade unless it's a reinstall.

BTW, was the security problem ever actually fixed in the seperate UUCP
distribution?  If not, we may need to add a warning to the package.

Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project
robert@fledge.watson.org      NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services




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