Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 16:31:58 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Eric M Logan <ericmlogan@mediaone.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: about gftp... Message-ID: <20010517163158.B58216@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <3B045CA0.EB04F335@mediaone.net>; from ericmlogan@mediaone.net on Thu, May 17, 2001 at 04:20:00PM -0700 References: <3B045CA0.EB04F335@mediaone.net>
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--wzJLGUyc3ArbnUjN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 04:20:00PM -0700, Eric M Logan wrote: > since updating to 4.3 I've noticed that a lot of ports have been marked > broken. For instance, reportmagic, netscape*, and GFTP. Especially in > regards to Gftp, if a port is marked broken is that it? No more app and > deal with it? It's been suggested that the Makefile in the ports dir > could be modified so that the app can be installed anyway but what's the > proper thing to do as I don't want to install a port that has been > marked broken? Thanks. If you don't care about the reason why it's marked broken, then just uncomment the #FORBIDDEN line and build it. We disable ports with security holes so people don't install them by default without knowing the consequences. Kris --wzJLGUyc3ArbnUjN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7BF9tWry0BWjoQKURAi2+AKCaqPYuwN1GyBw01Q8aUnBQ9lCCvACg7eye M5dx759FsvlGAiKOOGms654= =gRvT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wzJLGUyc3ArbnUjN-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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