Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:18:24 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: An idea about forbidden ports Message-ID: <20051025171824.GC33303@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20051025002406.M911@odysseus.silby.com> References: <20051025002406.M911@odysseus.silby.com>
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--Sr1nOIr3CvdE5hEN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 12:27:47AM -0500, Mike Silbersack wrote: >=20 > I'm not sure if it's a good idea or not, but I'm going to throw this idea= =20 > out there in hopes that it might be of some use. >=20 > I was thinking how this error message occurs: >=20 > podysseus# pkg_add -r vmware3 > Error: FTP Unable to get=20 > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-current/Latest/vm= ware3.tbz:=20 > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) >=20 > But really, we do have vmware3, it's just not packaged due to it being=20 > marked FORBIDDEN. >=20 > So, would it be a useful idea to include dummy packages for FORBIDDEN=20 > programs so that people know that they exist? When you did pkg_add -r=20 > vmware3 have it grab a dummy package that just has a shell script that=20 > tells the person why the package doesn't exist, suggest how to go about= =20 > installing that port, and return an error value so that the package isn't= =20 > successfully installed. >=20 > This would be of immense help once we grow some sort of package manager= =20 > system, as it would allow everything to be listed. >=20 > It might be a problem with portupgrade -P, though. >=20 > Just a thought, That's not a bad idea. Can someone come up with an implementation? Kris --Sr1nOIr3CvdE5hEN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDXmjfWry0BWjoQKURAh7XAJ0RAxtLTA3baTKFqeknbaas5W9eDACgmfF8 87ML/jLOIMw6TiB5o3yUvgo= =c43x -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sr1nOIr3CvdE5hEN--
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