Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:27:37 -0500 From: Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bash Shellshock Bug Message-ID: <1412105257.1725323.173592133.6054EA5E@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <20140930194440.5f2cdb44.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <OFBBD12885.C6A08B7B-ON65257D63.002E6EFF-CA257D63.002F0BCD@in.ibm.com> <20140930110034.a637ab6d.freebsd@edvax.de> <OFC03B0588.4C96789C-ON65257D63.00324F6D-CA257D63.0032A7E5@in.ibm.com> <20140930152801.cd7a2a5e.freebsd@edvax.de> <542AC600.1090600@freebsd.org> <20140930194440.5f2cdb44.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Tue, Sep 30, 2014, at 12:44, Polytropon wrote: > > That was my initial fear - the ports infrastructure has > changed in a way that it probably won't work on older > versions. Thanks for confirming this fear. So working > with the ports tree is out of scope, and probably there > won't be most recent binary packages (for use with pkg_add) > available... > > So it seems that building from source "off the track" > might be the only solution here. > > FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE has been EoL since July 31, 2012. Were you unaware that the ports tree will change to use new features and break for EoL releases? Were you unaware 8.2-RELEASE is completely EoL? Is there anything the project can do to better communicate these changes and timelines? I don't think anyone likes seeing end users stuck in these situations; your feedback will be appreciated. FYI -- whatever your're using the server for should* work if you simply bump the kernel and world to 8.4-RELEASE. If you just go that far you can use the modern ports tree after converting to pkgng with the pkg2ng tool. * Never say never, but anything that ran on older 8.x should run just fine on newer 8.x. This is not just a goal, but a rule the developers strive to uphold. If a change broke compatibility it wouldn't be permitted in a newer RELEASE of the same major version.
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