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Date:      Tue, 17 Feb 2004 14:10:07 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
Cc:        Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/tmake Makefile distinfo
Message-ID:  <20040217221007.GA22637@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <200402171420.47274.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
References:  <200402091336.i19Da8nQ019809@repoman.freebsd.org> <200402171404.30701.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <xzpr7wtn98t.fsf@dwp.des.no> <200402171420.47274.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>

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On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 02:20:46PM +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 February 2004 14:09, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote:
> > Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> writes:
> > > On Tuesday 17 February 2004 13:49, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 02:07:32PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 05:36:08AM -0800, Michael Nottebrock wrot=
e:
> > > > > >   Log:
> > > > > >   Fix distinfo, SIZEify.
> > > > >
> > > > > You forgot to summarize what changed.
> > > >
> > > > I didn't see a followup to this.
> > >
> > > I have no idea what you expect me to write.
> >
> > When the checksum of a distfile changes, there is a considerable risk
> > that someone may have trojaned the distfile.  As a port maintainer,
> > you are exptected to verify that this is not the case before updating
> > the checksum in distinfo.  You are also expected to summarize the
> > reason for the changed checksum in the commit message so that The Rest
> > Of Us[tm] can rest assured that you have indeed verified that the
> > distfile was not trojaned.
>=20
> I didn't know that I was supposed to perform a security audit and I did n=
ot do=20
> so.

Perhaps it's time for you to re-read the porter's handbook and
committer's guide to refresh your memory?  This is stated there quite
explicitly.

Kris

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