Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 11:16:30 -0400 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: Haim Ashkenazi <haim@babysnakes.org> Subject: Re: keeping my freebsd secure... Message-ID: <D0643EA6-BE15-11D8-BD27-003065ABFD92@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20040612143602.D74026@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <pan.2004.06.12.09.01.59.52173@babysnakes.org> <40CB2BC2.4070201@mac.com> <20040612143602.D74026@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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On Jun 12, 2004, at 5:37 PM, Doug White wrote: [ ...with regard to portupgrade handling library dependencies... ] > Note that portupgrade hoards old shared library versions in > /usr/(local/)?lib/compat, so as long as the library version changes, > you won't get bit by these types of incompatible upgrades. Of course, if the reason the library was updated was due to a security problem, having binaries link against the old version means that they are probably vulnerable to whatever the issue is... -- -Chuck
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