Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:38:01 +0000 From: Chris Hodgins <chodgins@cis.strath.ac.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pdflib for php Message-ID: <41EFA629.8010707@cis.strath.ac.uk>
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Thanos Tsouanas wrote: > On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 12:11:04PM +0200, Cristi Tauber wrote: > >>===> pdflib-6.0.1 is forbidden: >>http://vuxml.freebsd.org/fc7e6a42-6012-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82.html. >> >> Forbidden ? Why ? anyone ... > > > Yes this one: just follow the link. (pretty obvious ;)) > > If you insist in installing the port, 'un' break it manually. > > HTH > Purely out of curiosity.. when a possible exploit such as this is discovered in a port and a patch is provided, why is it not patched immediately? I understand that when a vulnerability is discovered it is important to look for similar bugs in the file and also the entire port. Is this what takes the time or is it purely a maintainer finding the time to update it? Again this is just out of curiosity and not related to this port in particular. Chris
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