From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 21 21:27:44 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40D8A16A475 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:27:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DECA313C4E1; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:27:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <47950E4C.1030104@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:27:40 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: P Bielecki References: <2e420cc20801200650q19ed0d03h38a3152b26f22643@mail.gmail.com> <479375C0.30507@FreeBSD.org> <2e420cc20801210901k1e15fdep55b4829551114d50@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2e420cc20801210901k1e15fdep55b4829551114d50@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: packages with security vulnerabilities X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:27:44 -0000 P Bielecki wrote: > On Jan 20, 2008 4:24 PM, Kris Kennaway wrote: >> Packages are built continuously and as fast as possible. Which package >> sets do you feel are being updated too slowly? >> >> Kris >> > > Kris, > I am just curious how it works. > Was concern about packages with security updates mostly; > maybe perl, mod_perl, php5, Apache22 and possibly few from mail/ as > well, what do you think? > > I think I was trying to find analogy to Debian's security APT updates > which actually haven't been using for quite a while now. I still don't understand what you claim is the problem :) We do not specially update packages like perl; rather, *every* package is frequently rebuilt and updated. Kris