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Date:      Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:45:27 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-ports@freebsd.org, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, tabthorpe@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports MOVED ports/security Makefile ports/security/isolate Makefile distinfo pkg-descr
Message-ID:  <4C6ACAB7.7040701@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20100817143634.GC86627@atarininja.org>
References:  <201008171304.o7HD4Qni030189@repoman.freebsd.org> <20100817131333.GB86627@atarininja.org> <AANLkTi=sFMBWPCc3TSW8YO8mKJGrEAfh6fXLu6U0Z62Z@mail.gmail.com> <20100817143634.GC86627@atarininja.org>

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On 08/17/2010 07:36, Wesley Shields wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 02:24:16PM +0000, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
>> 2010/8/17 Wesley Shields<wxs@freebsd.org>:
>>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 01:04:26PM +0000, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
>>>> bapt ? ? ? ?2010-08-17 13:04:26 UTC
>>>>
>>>> ? FreeBSD ports repository
>>>>
>>>> ? Modified files:
>>>> ? ? . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?MOVED
>>>> ? ? security ? ? ? ? ? ? Makefile
>>>> ? Removed files:
>>>> ? ? security/isolate ? ? Makefile distinfo pkg-descr
>>>> ? Log:
>>>> ? Security vulnerability: local root privileges escalation problems
>>>
>>> Wow, this seems a little excessive to me. Why was this removed? Is
>>> upstream not going to fix the problem(s)? Isn't marking it broken and a
>>> vuxml entry enough while we give them time to address the problems?
>>>
>>> -- WXS
>>>
>>
>> Sorry my log wasn't descriptive enough. Upstream asked me to remove
>> the ports, so did the maintainer.
>>
>> Also upstream removed the google code page for the project and
>> currently doesn't plan a fix.
>>
>> I'll try to make better commit log next time.
>
> I was just curious because this seemed like a knee-jerk reaction on
> our part. Turns out that it was directed by upstream and maintainer,
> which is completely understandable. I was merely trying to make sure we
> avoid knee-jerk reactions. Thank you for the clarification.

IMO a forced commit to indicate this is justified here.


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