Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 11:38:48 -0700 From: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> To: "Gustavo A. Baratto" <gbaratto@superb.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: rsync (was: Re: Rewrite cvsup & portupgrade in C) Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.1.20040707113145.03e4ef98@popserver.sfu.ca> In-Reply-To: <02ef01c4644e$b5f956e0$6400a8c0@chivas> References: <E1Bhd1M-000KEo-Nz@smp500.sitetronics.com> <200407062323.02854.kirk@strauser.com> <20040707043251.GA35651@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <200407062345.24117.kirk@strauser.com> <20040707070012.GC38356@dragon.nuxi.com> <40EC11EB.4060804@sympatico.ca> <20040707152149.GG82302@elvis.mu.org> <20040707160745.GA39557@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <02ef01c4644e$b5f956e0$6400a8c0@chivas>
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At 11:17 07/07/2004, Gustavo A. Baratto wrote: >Rsync is another tool that should be considered going to the base system as >well. Given that rsync (a) is distributed under the GPL license, and (b) has had two serious security flaws in the past year, I don't think we really want to import it right now (or possibly ever). Colin Percival
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