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Date:      Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:48:08 +0100
From:      Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>
To:        Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org, sylvio@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD ports which are currently marked broken
Message-ID:  <20110111114808.GT22635@e.0x20.net>
In-Reply-To: <20110107113405.GA69904@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
References:  <20110107072910.91D851CC5C@koala.droso.net> <20110107113405.GA69904@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>

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On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 11:34:05AM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 08:29:10AM +0100, linimon@freebsd.org wrote:
> >=20
> > portname:           math/dislin
> > broken because:     size mismatch
> > build errors:       none.
> > overview:           http://portsmon.FreeBSD.org/portoverview.py?categor=
y=3Dmath&portname=3Ddislin
> >=20
>=20
> Is this a security concern?
> I've never used this port before, but it looks intersting.
>=20
> By doing
>=20
> rm distinfo*
> make makesum
>=20
> I can install this port. Is this not a good idea?

No, it is not. You must check, why the distfile has a different
checksum. It may be because there was a back door inserted.

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