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Date:      Thu, 1 Jan 2026 16:45:08 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>
Cc:        Michael Grimm <trashcan@ellael.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 100.chksetuid and PR 178005
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On Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> wrote:

> On 01/01/2026 15:08, Michael Grimm wrote:
>
> > I found a 13 year old PR
> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=178005 from ngie@ about
> unnecessary noise in daily security mails whenever an installworld has been
> run. Nowadays with pkgbase being used daily|frequently this issue might be
> even more pressing.
> >
> > I do have an alternative 100.chksetuid running at my site that more or
> less does what that PR is all about.
> >
> > Questions (because I never done that before):
> >
> > #) Should I file a patch to this PR?
> > #) Or should I open a new PR?
> > #) And: would that be of interest at all?
> I think the patch to the original PR is the right way to go. But
> periodic looks like unwanted child. It may take 15 years to have some
> patches accepted. (PR 86388)
>

Yes. That's kinda true. But maybe we need more targeted bug busting /
hackathons?

Warner

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<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM Miroslav Lachman &lt;<a href="mailto:000.fbsd@quip.cz">000.fbsd@quip.cz</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 01/01/2026 15:08, Michael Grimm wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; I found a 13 year old PR <a href="https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=178005" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=178005</a>; from ngie@ about unnecessary noise in daily security mails whenever an installworld has been run. Nowadays with pkgbase being used daily|frequently this issue might be even more pressing.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I do have an alternative 100.chksetuid running at my site that more or less does what that PR is all about.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Questions (because I never done that before):<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; #) Should I file a patch to this PR?<br>
&gt; #) Or should I open a new PR?<br>
&gt; #) And: would that be of interest at all?<br>
I think the patch to the original PR is the right way to go. But <br>
periodic looks like unwanted child. It may take 15 years to have some <br>
patches accepted. (PR 86388)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes. That&#39;s kinda true. But maybe we need more targeted bug busting / hackathons?</div><div><br></div><div>Warner</div></div></div>
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