From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 28 07:03:16 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB85916A423 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2005 07:03:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd3mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 509FB43D46 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2005 07:03:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd3mr6so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr6so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.21]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IP2006J769F2P30@l-daemon> for freebsd-security@freebsd.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2005 01:03:15 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml9so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.7]) by pd3mr6so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IP200FOF69FKV90@pd3mr6so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-security@freebsd.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2005 01:03:15 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.0.60] (S0106006067227a4a.vc.shawcable.net [24.87.209.6]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0IP200I6X69FJ5@l-daemon> for freebsd-security@freebsd.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2005 01:03:15 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:03:13 -0700 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <20051027233106.377D070DCE3@mail.npubs.com> To: Nielsen Message-id: <4361CD31.1080707@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.1.0 References: <20051027233106.377D070DCE3@mail.npubs.com> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051001) Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is the server portion of freebsd-update open source? X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 07:03:16 -0000 Nielsen wrote: > I need a system for distributing binary updates to a collection of > customized FreeBSD machines, jails, and embedded systems. freebsd-update > seems to be what I'm looking for, but I'm wondering if the server side > is a proprietary piece of technology held by someone somewhere, or if it > is in fact open source. The FreeBSD Update build code is... umm... somewhere in between. I think the best way to explain it is to say that I don't care about copyright on the build code, but the code is a stinking pile of hacks upon hacks with multiple known bugs -- so I don't particularly want to expose it to public scrutiny and I doubt that it will be very useful either. Rewriting the build code is approaching the top of my todo list, but isn't there quite yet; in the meantime, if you can send me more details about what you want to do I'll see if I can accommodate you. Colin Percival