Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 23:28:19 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> Cc: ache@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ssh-1.2.10; ok to run? Message-ID: <199603210628.XAA10210@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199603210557.WAA10096@rocky.sri.MT.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960320213526.17513A-100000@jbarrm.dialup.access.net> <199603210257.SAA29963@freefall.freebsd.org> <199603210557.WAA10096@rocky.sri.MT.net>
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Nate Williams writes: > > use ssh-1.2.13 earlier versions we less secure than desireable > > see the web page: http://www.cs.hut.fi/ssh/ > > > > Hmm, I just set my USA_RESIDENT == YES after the port whines at me, it > downloads the sources and then exists. All attempts to create the > package fail since it doesn't do anything. Does anyone know how to > create this darn ssh port? Even comments in the Makefile saying "jump > on your head and yodel while chanting 'I like bananas' while convince > make to build the package" would be nice. It was a dumb question on my part. I just realized that I had to delete the old work directory before it would continue. However, this port is useless to me for several reasons: 1) It requires a lot of useless ports, such as TK, Perl5, and Wish. None of these are necessary, and the configure scripts already knows they aren't necessary. If I remember right Peter and I argued with Andrey about this very thing. I'm trying to install this on my router box, and it has (and NEEDS) none of the above tools. It's got a smallish disk already, I don't need alot of bloat for security tools that DON'T NEED all of the extra junk just to get a working ssh/sshd binary. 2) This port only works under -current. That may be fine and good, but the next 'official' release of FreeBSD on CD is going to be -stable, which means that this port won't build on it. Again, my firewall box is running -stable on a small disk, but even if it had a *huge* disk I'd have to be running -current to get this port to compile. So, what is it going to take for me to get ssh working under FreeBSD short of building it by hand like I have to do on the Suns? It seems like a waste of my time to do this when we have this *really* nice ports system in place. (Although I will admit, I don't have to go looking for the distributions since their locations are in the Makefiles. :) Sorry to vent my spleen here, but the current ssh port seems counter-productive to me. Nate
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