From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 10 20:43:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 797DD16A4CE for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 20:43:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from 9.hellooperator.net (cpc3-cdif2-3-0-cust202.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.103.32.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3845143D2D for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 20:43:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rasputin@hellooperator.net) Received: from rasputin by 9.hellooperator.net with local (Exim 4.42) id 1CGkX7-0006jN-1Y for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 21:43:09 +0100 Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 21:43:09 +0100 From: Dick Davies To: FreeBSD Current Message-ID: <20041010204308.GA29900@lb.tenfour> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: Rasputin Subject: ports freeze and portaudit alerts X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Dick Davies List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 20:43:12 -0000 I've recently returned to FreeBSD from a tour around various other free OSes - last time I used it seriously was around 4.7, I think, and 5.3 seems to be light years ahead functionality wise. So first off, congratulations. But I'm a little alarmed by the pre 5.3 release ports freeze - portaudit has flagged an awful lot of packages as having holes and refused to install them. Off the top of my head : mozilla, cups (and therefore most of kde) and firefox/bird. Shouldn't serious bugs (like the JPEG vuln in firefox for example) to override the freeze? I know the software could just be installed by hand but that loses you a lot of benefits (not least portaudit). I just wondered if there is a policy to not upgrade ports under any circumstances, or if this is just an oversight? I can imagine this would make me very twitchy if I was running production boxes during a freeze.... or have I missed something, and this doesn't affect 4.* users? -- Tempers are wearing thin. Let's hope some robot doesn't kill everybody. - Bender Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns