Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:48:49 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: www/flock port fails to install Message-ID: <20080128114849.GA2002@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20080128064146.081fec61@scorpio> References: <20080128094841.GA714@demeter.hydra> <1201517827.1126.1.camel@freesbie.oetsel.org> <20080128064146.081fec61@scorpio>
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On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 06:41:46AM -0500, Gerard wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:57:07 +0100 > Pieter Baele <pieter.baele@telenet.be> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 02:48 -0700, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > > > > I'm on FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE for i386 on this machine. Thanks in > > > advance > > > for your time. > > > > When there are (security) vulnerabilities, ports won't install. > > You can override this, but I don't remember how. > > (and I don't want to know it as I trust FreeBSD package > > maintainers ;-) > > Place this in the /etc/make.conf file: > > DISABLE_VULNERABILITIES=yes > > Use at your own peril. Considering there is a version 1.0.7 of Flock, and the security warning is for versions < 1.0.2, my preference would be to simply install a secure version (preferably without having to rely on Linux compatibility libraries). Is this not currently possible in FreeBSD for some reason? -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Phillip J. Haack: "Productivity is not about speed. It's about velocity. You can be fast, but if you're going in the wrong direction, you're not helping anyone."
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