Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:23:18 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erich@alogreentechnologies.com> To: Adam Strohl <adams-freebsd@ateamsystems.com> Cc: erob@gthcfoundation.org, Etienne Robillard <animelovin@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD? Message-ID: <1933413.9F9m1gfubp@x220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <4FCB93A8.3070008@ateamsystems.com> References: <C480320C-0CD9-4B61-8AFB-37085C820AB7@FreeBSD.org> <3281963.IKoQ1DrBzf@x220.ovitrap.com> <4FCB93A8.3070008@ateamsystems.com>
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Hi, On 03 June 2012 PM 11:41:12 Adam Strohl wrote: > On 6/3/2012 19:19, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > do a simple thing. Install a naked 8.3, 9.0 or 10.0 on a fresh hard disk. Get then the ports tree and start compiling X. > > > > I did not get a running system since at least 2007 when I did this. There was always at least one manual intervention needed. > > > > I did this the last time in the first week of May. > > > > Yes, I know how to fix this. Yes, I reported things like this at the beginning. After getting always the answer that it is working on my machine, I stopped reporting it. > > Just built a VM and installed 9.0-R from the ISO. > > Installed gnu-screen and bash (from ports). > you did not compile it as the first item. > Built and installed xorg-server from ports without issue: building is not the problem. Start it. I do not remember what was wrong this time. Erich > > ===> Compressing manual pages for xorg-server-1.7.7_5,1 > ===> Registering installation for xorg-server-1.7.7_5,1 > ===> SECURITY REPORT: > This port has installed the following binaries which execute with > increased privileges. > /usr/local/bin/Xorg > > This port has installed the following files which may act as network > servers and may therefore pose a remote security risk to the system. > /usr/local/bin/Xorg > > If there are vulnerabilities in these programs there may be a > security > risk to the system. FreeBSD makes no guarantee about the security of > ports included in the Ports Collection. Please type 'make deinstall' > to deinstall the port if this is a concern. > > For more information, and contact details about the security > status of this software, see the following webpage: > http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/xorg > > - root - xwintest.dsn - /usr/ports/x11-servers/xorg-server - 23:20:59 ICT > >>>> >
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