Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:40:01 GMT From: Darren Pilgrim <ports.maintainer@evilphi.com> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/177416: mail/postgrey has surfaced a bug in perl's taint checking Message-ID: <201303292240.r2TMe1ug058418@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/177416; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Darren Pilgrim <ports.maintainer@evilphi.com> To: Paul Beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> Cc: "bug-followup@FreeBSD.org" <bug-followup@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: ports/177416: mail/postgrey has surfaced a bug in perl's taint checking Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:36:08 -0700 On 2013-03-29 15:22, Paul Beard wrote: > Is p5-IO in the base, i.e., do the files installed by the port > replicate functionality that is now included in the base install? The > distinfo's modification date is May 17, 2011. The Makefile doesn't > test for a version. If so, why does it exist as a port? If it's only > for older versions, there's usually a test for that. There's plenty of outdated stuff in the ports tree. Historically a port didn't get deleted until it was unmaintained AND marked broken for a significant length of time. It's why portscout and its predecessors exist. > Is this just a namespace collision? Or cruft? Namespace collisions and multiple-implementation cruft are the characteristics of (what used to be called) CPAN-hell. :)
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