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On Sat, Aug 25, 2018, at 5:41 AM, Tilly wrote:
> Recently switched from ports to packages - is there a way of checking 
> updates on evt backdoors prior to installation?

Not that I am aware of, but perhaps a plugin could be written to do that.


Regards,
Brad Davis