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Date:      Sat, 3 Apr 2004 19:16:28 +0200
From:      "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Xin LI <delphij@frontfree.net>
Cc:        cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports chapter.sgml
Message-ID:  <20040403171627.GF870@zaphod.nitro.dk>
In-Reply-To: <20040403170050.GC2898@frontfree.net>
References:  <200404031621.i33GLXi0093774@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040403163003.GE870@zaphod.nitro.dk> <20040403170050.GC2898@frontfree.net>

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On 2004.04.04 01:00:50 +0800, Xin LI wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 06:30:04PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> >=20
> > On 2004.04.03 08:21:33 -0800, Marc Fonvieille wrote:
> > > blackend    2004/04/03 08:21:33 PST
> > >=20
> > >   FreeBSD doc repository
> > >=20
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports chapter.sgml=20
> > >   Log:
> > >   Add some warnings: people should check http://vuxml.freebsd.org/ be=
fore
> > >   installing any application.
> >=20
> > Isn't that a bit overkill?  Ports that have security issues are marked
> > FORBIDDEN so users can't install them.  If people want extra securirty
> > they can use portaudit which checks the vuxml databases automatically.
> >=20
> > I also think it would be very hard to check vuxml manually in many
> > cases, since ports can have a lot of dependencies, which might also
> > contain security problems.
>=20
> I think we'd better introduce portaudit to users, so I'd proposal
> the patch attached.

This looks great and removes any objections I have to the origninal
change.

--=20
Simon L. Nielsen
FreeBSD Documentation Team

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