Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 15:56:29 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Paul Andrews <andrews@powersurfr.com>, security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Ports Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-01:07.xfree86 Message-ID: <XFMail.010201155629.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010201154847.A74995@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On 01-Feb-01 Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 01:52:11PM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: >> >> On 01-Feb-01 Kris Kennaway wrote: >> > On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 12:57:26PM -0700, Paul Andrews wrote: >> >> Does this issue affect only those that installed the XFree86 3.3.6 port >> >> or >> >> does it also affect those who have installed FreeBSD 4.2 RELEASE. >> >> >> >> If it does affect the RELEASE version what is the easiest why to fix this >> >> problem, without upgrading to XFree86 4.01. >> > >> > My understanding is that the XFree86 distribution is built from >> > whatever is in ports at the time of release. In fact, doesn't >> > sysinstall just install the port thesedays anyway? >> > >> > ls -l /var/db/pkg/XFree86* >> > >> > Kris >> >> No, it builds the distribution from ports, and then engages in evilness to >> package up the bits in tarballs that mimic the normal XFree distributions. > > OK, and the reason we can't just leave it a port is because of General > Sysinstall Evilness<tm>? Something like that, yes. If someone were to undertake splitting the XFree86-3 port up into separate ports like the XFree86-4-* ports, that follow the same split, then we might be able to convince jkh to switch to using that instead of the X distributions. Maybe. If we are real lucky. :) > kris -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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