Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:08:52 +0100 From: Karol Kwiatkowski <freebsd@orchid.homeunix.org> To: saravanan ganapathy <sarav_gsa@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: keeping freebsd uptodate - doubt Message-ID: <4200DEF4.7080906@orchid.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <20050202135728.22036.qmail@web51703.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050202135728.22036.qmail@web51703.mail.yahoo.com>
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saravanan ganapathy wrote: > I have done the above steps to update my system and > when I run 'portversion -v | grep -v "=" ', I am > gettin g the perl package only. > > freebsd# portversion -v | grep -v "=" > perl-5.8.5 < needs updating (port has 5.8.6_1) > > freebsd# portupgrade perl > ---> Upgrading 'perl-5.8.5' to 'perl-5.8.6_1' > (lang/perl5.8) > ---> Building '/usr/ports/lang/perl5.8' > ===> Cleaning for perl-5.8.6_1 > ===> perl-5.8.6_1 has known vulnerabilities: > => perl -- File::Path insecure file/directory > permissions. > Reference: > <http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/portaudit/c418d472-6bd1-11d9-93ca-000a95bc6fae.html>; > => Please update your ports tree and try again. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8. > ** Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/bin/script -qa > /tmp/portupgrade5864.0 make > ** Fix the problem and try again. > ** Listing the failed packages (*:skipped / !:failed) > ! lang/perl5.8 (perl-5.8.5) (unknown build > error) > ---> Packages processed: 0 done, 0 ignored, 0 skipped > and 1 failed > > How to solve this problem? Portaudit thinks perl-5.8.6_1 is not safe. It even tells you where to find more information: > http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/portaudit/c418d472-6bd1-11d9-93ca-000a95bc6fae.html If you look there it says: > Affects: > > * perl >=0 <5.6.2 > * perl >=5.8.0 <5.8.6 Clearly, perl-5.8.6_1 is *not* affected. This leads us to conclusion that your portadit's database is outdated. To fetch new databse simply run: # portaudit -F oh, btw. I forgot to include in previous post: before upgrading ports always read /usr/ports/UPDATING. It can save you some headaches ;) Cheers, Karol -- Karol Kwiatkowski <freebsd at orchid dot homeunix dot org>
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