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Date:      Mon, 17 Feb 2003 13:45:40 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: General: crypto in ports vs. RESTRICTED=... in Makefile
Message-ID:  <20030217214540.GD71679@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <m3znovdu3f.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org>
References:  <m3znovdu3f.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org>

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On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 12:28:36PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I recently added a "RESTRICTED" tag to ports/databases/db41 and added a
> db41-nocrypto port that uses the "nocrypto" version of DB 4.1.25.1.
>=20
> Christian "naddy" Weisgerber asked whether this was right, I replied
> that I took that procedure from the Porter's Handbook (that says crypto
> code is to be tagged RESTRICTED), and Christian suggested that I take
> this up on ports then.
>=20
> So here we stand...
>=20
> What's the consensus on tagging ports that contain cryptographic code
> with "RESTRICTED"? Is this necessary, as documented in the Porter's
> handbook, or is this obsolete or incorrect (and if so, why, and where
> documented)? Is the port split into crypto and non-crypto correct?

See my reply on cvs-all.

The handbook is out of date.

Kris

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