Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 13:22:47 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: "Christopher G. Petrilli" <petrilli@dworkin.amber.org>, "Gentry A. Bieker" <gbieker@crown.NET>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is there no info on the QPOPPER hack? Message-ID: <199807201922.NAA08405@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199807201809.MAA21160@lariat.lariat.org> References: <199807201740.LAA20525@lariat.lariat.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980720135149.4600D-100000@dworkin.amber.org> <199807201809.MAA21160@lariat.lariat.org>
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> It might save your butt. > > But who said anything about "randomly?" The aforementioned Windows apps > do let you upgrade when you want to, and let you roll back. > > --Brett Which Windows apps allow you to roll upgrades back? Also, you said 'automatically' in your original email, and now you're changing your tune to 'when you want to'.re to automaticly upgrade for you, > do you? > >> > >> That's a darn good idea. Several Windows apps do this already. Why not > >> the FreeBSD ports? In any case, our ports allow you to upgrade when you want to as well, and roll back as well, and don't require any sort of work on behalf of the application writer, unlike the Windows software. :) Upgrade: -------- # cd /usr/ports/mail/popper # make clean && make && make install Roll back: ---------- # cd /usr/ports/mail/popper # cvs update -D'last week' # make clean && make && make install Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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