From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Mar 6 16:40:58 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03C7FCFB456 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2017 16:40:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from herbert@mailbox.org) Received: from mx2.mailbox.org (mx2.mailbox.org [80.241.60.215]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.mailbox.org", Issuer "SwissSign Server Silver CA 2014 - G22" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BB5211354; Mon, 6 Mar 2017 16:40:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from herbert@mailbox.org) Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org (smtp1.mailbox.org [80.241.60.240]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx2.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A17143FDB; Mon, 6 Mar 2017 17:31:42 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=mailbox.org; h= content-type:content-type:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :subject:subject:from:from:message-id:date:date:received; s= mail20150812; t=1488817901; bh=RuUsDQZVnfGwYzADk1laemELk2iLqNlOV Ld5XskeNPI=; b=Lp4c/dRz/PXNVK99aVe8cpynbyb+aWV+p6KoYr39Fgwescm2A 3PkFL1StrKmTROpwxlAH4GNnX1O+qYl/UQO4vC+zuaHgd6ZDFjNzhMQ4LHTEeqNW z/mJwqNIqL5XvGQHAjacH6bs57PLwzWP/BNyk5VWQSEMfHTFGtluxjZxYJvIC8L4 B6tOMWUHpmzZGqXgdMEXsz+XLyudfkusR6YBO+sRarQGp+XHArUwMip1zzEg/rVF B8440qcrRaE3KG5ARZivNOezUYEgYoWtcRVAJ68nd+gBXWRcgSoOeW/dqzKTdwuD TRshkoLiOinQpy21nxNuYIk0zyzkDp+l3eEXg== X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at heinlein-support.de Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.240]) by spamfilter03.heinlein-hosting.de (spamfilter03.heinlein-hosting.de [80.241.56.117]) (amavisd-new, port 10030) with ESMTP id rpe5kMwoAYV2; Mon, 6 Mar 2017 17:31:41 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 17:31:38 +0100 Message-ID: <86varmz7rp.wl-herbert@mailbox.org> From: "Herbert J. Skuhra" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Matthew Seaman Subject: Re: Deprecated Package Dependency... what now? In-Reply-To: <092916dc-cb42-a0f0-cb2f-0deb7d95012c@FreeBSD.org> References: <092916dc-cb42-a0f0-cb2f-0deb7d95012c@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI-EPG 1.14.7 - "Harue") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:40:58 -0000 Matthew Seaman skrev: > > On 05/03/2017 15:36, Christofer C. Bell wrote: >> I'm not sure how to proceed here. I use git on my system. It depends on >> package p5-Net-SMTP-SSL-1.04. This package is set to expire and be >> removed. For information on my system, I'm using FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p8, >> amd64, and all binary packages (not ports). >> >> From the daily security report: >> >> Checking for packages with security vulnerabilities: >> p5-Net-SMTP-SSL-1.04: Tag: expiration_date Value: 2017-03-31 >> p5-Net-SMTP-SSL-1.04: Tag: deprecated Value: Deprecated by upstream, use >> Net::SMTP instead >> >> Here's where I can see that git depends on this: >> >> $ pkg info -D p5-Net-SMTP-SSL-1.04 >> p5-Net-SMTP-SSL-1.04: >> Always: >> ===> NOTICE: >> >> This port is deprecated; you may wish to reconsider installing it: >> >> Deprecated by upstream, use Net::SMTP instead. >> >> It is scheduled to be removed on or after 2017-03-31. > > Yes, the functionality of the Net::SMTP::SSL perl module has been rolled > into Net::SMTP. However, git upstream are apparently reluctant to patch > the one included perl script that is affected because they don't want to > break compatibility with some Linux distribution that has not updated > their perl modules for several years. > > There are patches floating about to fix that one script in git -- not > sure whats happening with regard to getting those committed to the ports > tree. Even if those patches don't get committed, the lifetime of > p5-Net-SMTP-SSL would be extended instead: the git port is too simply > important to be allowed to be broken. The port is already patched: r431794 | garga | 2017-01-18 13:40:53 +0100 (ons., 18 jan. 2017) | 6 lines Remove dependency of DEPRECATED mail/p5-Net-SMTP-SSL from devel/git PR: 214335 Obtained from: git development mailing list Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications (Netgate) But MFH is missing in the quartely branch. -- Herbert