Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 08:51:22 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/cvs/src server.c Message-ID: <4015377A.3000609@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20040126125638.GC9772@madman.celabo.org> References: <200401260008.i0Q08cIl014780@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040126000922.GA6102@madman.celabo.org> <20040126004123.GJ53344@elvis.mu.org> <20040126125638.GC9772@madman.celabo.org>
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Jacques A. Vidrine wrote: > On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 04:41:23PM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >>* Jacques A. Vidrine <nectar@FreeBSD.org> [040125 16:09] wrote: >> >>>On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 04:08:38PM -0800, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote: >>> >>>>nectar 2004/01/25 16:08:38 PST >>>> >>>> FreeBSD src repository >>>> >>>> Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_5_2) >>>> contrib/cvs/src server.c >>>> Log: >>>> MFC 1.1.1.14: Do not allow pserver to be run as root. >>> >>>This was also `Approved by: re'. >> >>Nice of us to break something that used to work without a deprication/warning >>period. :( > > > Running pserver as root was already a broken configuration. This just > makes it more obvious. :-) > > Seriously, if we were talking about 4.x I might have more sympathy, > but I believe this is an appropriate behavior to change in a 5.x > release. > > Apparently the CVS developers also felt this was an appropriate change > for minor point release. > > Finally, there was overwhelming support for this change: over the past > month I've received several requests for it; and RE received several > requests to incorporate the change in 5.2.1. > > >>Note: this is what my earlier mail was about. > > > I haven't seen an earlier mail on this subject from you... I guess I > could have missed it? > > Cheers, I guess this means that an UPDATING entry is in order, along with some special words in the release notes. Bruce? Scott
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