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Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 22:20:50 -0500
From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, asami@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Feature request for ports subsystem
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In the last episode (Sep 27), Matthew Emmerton said:
> What I was wondering is if anyone has though about adding mtree
> support to the ports subsystem?  The existing PLIST system is good
> for determining the files and directories that belong to a
> port/package, but don't provide enough information for the purposes
> of security auditing.  If an mtree file was generated during the
> installation process of a port/package, then it could be used to
> validate the installation of that port/package in the future.

An installed port/package does store MD5 checksums in
/var/db/pkg/*/+CONTENTS , if this helps.

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	Dan Nelson
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