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Date:      Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:09:50 -0400
From:      Dave Grochowski <malus.x@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: old bugs
Message-ID:  <4670955E.4080706@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <f4phe6$ufj$1@sea.gmane.org>
References:  <f4phe6$ufj$1@sea.gmane.org>

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Hey,

Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote:
> Recently bumped once again into "misc/58117: installworld /tmp/ 
> problem". Would it be better to solve it at "once and for all" basis?
>
> This is a good choice for securing servers to make /tmp noexec. But 
> when you did that - you'll have to face this bug again. Yes, it can be 
> solved  by specifying TMPDIR. But:
>  - UPDATING says nothing about that;
>  - nor documentation do;
>  - the message is kindda cryptic and it takes time to understand whats 
> going on.
>
> Why not document the issue or prevent it by using custom catalog?
>
It's a problem for a few ports too, notably math/R.

Sincerely,
Dave Grochowski



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