Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 06:49:06 -0800 (PST) From: saravanan ganapathy <sarav_gsa@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: keeping freebsd uptodate - doubt Message-ID: <20050202144907.18974.qmail@web51709.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4200DEF4.7080906@orchid.homeunix.org>
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--- Karol Kwiatkowski <freebsd@orchid.homeunix.org> wrote: > 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 that your portadit's database is outdated.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 > The problem has been solved by updating the portaudit database. What is the recommended period to update the ports? Is there any announcements for any port update? So that I can manually update the ports. Is portupgrade contains the security patches also? Pls guide me Sarav __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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