Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 06:10:01 GMT From: Paul Beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/177416: mail/postgrey has surfaced a bug in perl's taint checking Message-ID: <201303290610.r2T6A1f7070254@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/177416; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Paul Beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> To: Darren Pilgrim <ports.maintainer@evilphi.com> Cc: "bug-followup@FreeBSD.org" <bug-followup@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: ports/177416: mail/postgrey has surfaced a bug in perl's taint checking Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:08:22 -0700 --Apple-Mail-BBBDAB24-12EB-4514-B60A-24C860CE312D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mar 28, 2013, at 10:20 PM, Darren Pilgrim <ports.maintainer@evilphi.com> w= rote: > There are steps between what's been done so far and a brand new system. A= complete refetch and reinstall of everything perl is one such step. >=20 Done. Still seeing it.=20 >=20 > That's more or less my point, yes. You have about 5 times as many p5 port= s as I've ever seen on one system. >=20 Hey, I don't ask for them, they're mostly dependencies called by other ports= . I could try removing them all and just installing postgrey and it's depend= encies but that never came up before now.=20 >=20 > The thing is I can't reproduce this behaviour. I even ran it on a RELENG_= 6 system and it worked fine there. And it worked fine here until, suspiciously, I lost port 25 service. Coincid= ence, I'm sure, but that's when I noticed it.=20 >=20 > But it's a PR for the mail/postgrey port. It sounds like it's reasonable t= o close this PR. I have no idea what piece of code is balking, I just know what provokes it. H= ence the wording: "mail/postgrey has surfaced a bug in perl's taint checking= ."=20 So close it. I was optimistic that filing a PR might get more than one pair o= f eyes looking at it, especially as the error wasn't in the port with which t= hey were associated.=20= --Apple-Mail-BBBDAB24-12EB-4514-B60A-24C860CE312D Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div><br></div><div><br>On Mar 28, 2013, at= 10:20 PM, Darren Pilgrim <<a href=3D"mailto:ports.maintainer@evilphi.com= ">ports.maintainer@evilphi.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D= "cite"><span>There are steps between what's been done so far and a brand new= system. A complete refetch and reinstall of everything perl is one su= ch step.</span><br><span></span><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Done. S= till seeing it. </div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cit= e"><div style=3D"display: none; "><br></div></blockquote><span></span><br><s= pan>That's more or less my point, yes. You have about 5 times as many p= 5 ports as I've ever seen on one system.</span><br><span></span><br></blockq= uote>Hey, I don't ask for them, they're mostly dependencies called by other p= orts. I could try removing them all and just installing postgrey and it's de= pendencies but that never came up before now. <div><div><br><blockquote= type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"display: none; "><br>= </div></blockquote><span></span><br><span>The thing is I can't reproduce thi= s behaviour. I even ran it on a RELENG_6 system and it worked fine the= re.</span><br></blockquote><div><br></div>And it worked fine here until, sus= piciously, I lost port 25 service. Coincidence, I'm sure, but that's when I n= oticed it. </div><div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D= "cite"><div style=3D"display: none; "><br></div></blockquote><span></span><b= r><span>But it's a PR for the mail/postgrey port. It sounds like it's r= easonable to close this PR.</span><br></blockquote><div><br></div>I have no i= dea what piece of code is balking, I just know what provokes it. Hence the w= ording: "<span style=3D"font-family: '.HelveticaNeueUI'; font-size: 15px; li= ne-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 2= 6, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.2304= 69); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-= text-size-adjust: none; ">mail/postgrey has surfaced a bug in perl's taint c= hecking." </span><br><br></div><div>So close it. I was optimistic that f= iling a PR might get more than one pair of eyes looking at it, especially as= the error wasn't in the port with which they were associated. </div></= div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-BBBDAB24-12EB-4514-B60A-24C860CE312D--
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