From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 14 09:42:24 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7A00106564A for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:42:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glyn@millingtons.org) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 861008FC08 for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:42:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glyn@millingtons.org) Received: from unknown (HELO glynthebearded.millingtons.org) ([82.152.120.109]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 14 Oct 2008 10:42:23 +0100 Received: by glynthebearded.millingtons.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9E2AD5C1F; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:38:49 +0100 (BST) To: Matthew Seaman References: <86bpxnh91g.fsf@nowhere.org> <48F46589.8040501@infracaninophile.co.uk> Organization: Central Church, Torquay, U.K. X-Now-Playing: There's a deathly hush in the close tonight! X-Liturgical-Date: Optional Memorial: Saint Callistus I, pope and martyr, A.D. 2008 From: Glyn Millington Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:38:49 +0100 In-Reply-To: <48F46589.8040501@infracaninophile.co.uk> (Matthew Seaman's message of "Tue\, 14 Oct 2008 10\:25\:29 +0100") Message-ID: <86r66j1pp2.fsf@nowhere.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cups-base port broken??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: glyn@millingtons.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:42:25 -0000 Matthew Seaman writes: > Glyn Millington wrote: > | Is there a work-around which will get me a functional cups-base > > First read http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/ce29ce1d-971a-11dd-ab7e-001c2514716c.html > and the references cited therein and decide if installing this package is still > a good idea despite the security problems. > > Then, if you do decide to go ahead: > > ~ # portupgrade -m "DISABLE_VULNERABILITIES=yes" cups-base > > Otherwise, wait until a fix comes out for the package. For something > like this, a fix will usually be available within a week or so. Bless you and many thanks! had done the homework, but I didn't know the incantation which would allow me to live dangerously ....... atb Glyn