Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:30:01 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: <201303292230.r2TMU1dL056473@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: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:22:15 -0700 On Mar 29, 2013, at 12:11 PM, Darren Pilgrim = <ports.maintainer@evilphi.com> wrote: > Now I think you have a broken perl install that won't be fixed without = wiping out your entire perl install (perl, p5 modules, and everything = that uses perl), deleting distfiles, deleting work dirs, portsnapping a = fresh tree, then reinstalling perl and p5 modules *only* by way of = dependencies from other ports. Which is fine but doesn't answer any of the questions I have had about = this.=20 =95 Where does that older Socket file come into it?=20 =95 Is p5-IO in the base, i.e., do the files installed by the port = replicate functionality that is now included in the base install? The = distinfo's modification date is May 17, 2011. The Makefile doesn't test = for a version. If so, why does it exist as a port? If it's only for = older versions, there's usually a test for that.=20 =95 Is this just a namespace collision? Or cruft?=20 =95 Where do the two file files differ? I could mount the cloned = copy of the filesystem that has the now-deleted perl tree on it and look = into it.=20 -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem?=20
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