Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2017 09:25:29 +0100 From: Bernard Spil <brnrd@FreeBSD.org> To: Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r433225 - head/security/pgp Message-ID: <b4939aed9b90d37751df0ecd4cd110c4@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <06eb3453-c9a1-9854-789b-1335b51979b8@FreeBSD.org> References: <201702031406.v13E6xXd008998@repo.freebsd.org> <06eb3453-c9a1-9854-789b-1335b51979b8@FreeBSD.org>
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On 2017-02-06 14:14, Mathieu Arnold wrote: > Le 03/02/2017 à 15:06, Bernard Spil a écrit : >> Author: brnrd >> Date: Fri Feb 3 14:06:59 2017 >> New Revision: 433225 >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/433225 >> >> Log: >> security/pgp: Mark deprecated >> >> - Security/privacy software last updated in 1996 >> has no place in security >> >> Modified: >> head/security/pgp/Makefile >> >> Modified: head/security/pgp/Makefile >> ============================================================================== >> --- head/security/pgp/Makefile Fri Feb 3 13:24:53 2017 (r433224) >> +++ head/security/pgp/Makefile Fri Feb 3 14:06:59 2017 (r433225) >> @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ COMMENT= PGP International version - Pub >> >> ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386 amd64 sparc64 >> BROKEN_amd64= unable to validate signatures >> +DEPRECATED= Software released in 1996 has no place in the security >> category. Use GnuPG in stead > > That sounds like some kind of personal statement. Which I do not think > has its place in the ports framework. > Are there known bugs, or security flaws that have not been addressed? > Because if not, I do not see any reason to remove it. > >> +EXPIRATION_DATE= 2017-04-01 Hi Mathieu, I've looked for vulnerabilities but this software is so old that it pre-dates the databases. People needing 'pgp' may end up finding this port and using it which should be prevented. Agreed, this is more of a personal statement. I'm open for suggestions for better wording. Cheers, Bernard.
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