From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Jan 8 23:34:52 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from citusc.usc.edu (citusc.usc.edu [128.125.38.123]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30C6037B404 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 23:34:35 -0800 (PST) Received: (from kris@localhost) by citusc.usc.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA17792; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 23:35:53 -0800 Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 23:35:53 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: "Eric P. Scott" Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What is the status of FreeBSD port net/bb? Message-ID: <20010108233553.A17769@citusc.usc.edu> References: <200101090707.XAA02533@dali.objectwarehouse.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <200101090707.XAA02533@dali.objectwarehouse.com>; from eps@dali.objectwarehouse.com on Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:07:36PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:07:36PM -0800, Eric P. Scott wrote: > The Makefile lists this port as FORBIDDEN due to a buffer > overflow vulnerability; bb's change history indicates the problem > was addressed in a subsequent release--last May(!). Is there any > possibility this port will be updated and usable? (No, I am not > volunteering to become the new maintainer.) It has a really funky build structure which makes updating the port a nightmare. No maintainer has stepped forward - I've been meaning to nuke the port for a long time. Kris --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD4DBQE6Wr9ZWry0BWjoQKURAtXzAJdmbmXXciR70XW9U0bsPBmeXRFsAJ4qdivW 16mYx/BoQ2enOY9t48r2sQ== =Ik/n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message