Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 02:40:14 -0800 (PST) From: Tim Bishop <tim@bishnet.net> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/59082: Fix port: security/f-prot Message-ID: <200311101040.hAAAeEgw042470@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/59082; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tim Bishop <tim@bishnet.net> To: Kirill Ponomarew <krion@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/59082: Fix port: security/f-prot Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:29:57 +0000 On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 04:24:42PM +0100, Kirill Ponomarew wrote: > > >Description: > > Fix the md5 sum for this port's distfile. I've compared the > > old and new tarballs, and the only difference seems to be > > the definition files (which are binary, so I can't really > > compare them) > > > > This worries me slightly because I suspect they periodically > > rebuild the tarball with new definition files. Is there a > > solution to a problem like this? > > Did you ask software developers about it ? They should explain > why they do such things with software. I am in the process of doing so. In the short term, could this PR be comitted so that the port at least works for now? Cheers, Tim. -- Tim Bishop http://www.bishnet.net/tim PGP Key: 0x5AE7D984
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