From owner-freebsd-security Tue Jan 30 1:27:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CEB337B6A2 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 01:26:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflexcom.com ([216.196.73.168]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Tue, 30 Jan 2001 01:24:33 -0800 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflexcom.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0U9QLW07541; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 01:26:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 01:26:16 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Dan Langille Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bind8.2.3 and installation problem Message-ID: <20010130012616.J91447@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: ; <20010129225905.F91447@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> <200101300712.UAA56104@ducky.nz.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200101300712.UAA56104@ducky.nz.freebsd.org>; from dan@langille.org on Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 08:12:21PM +1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 08:12:21PM +1300, Dan Langille wrote: > On 29 Jan 2001, at 22:59, Crist J. Clark wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 09:32:18PM -0800, Roger Marquis wrote: > > > Mehmet Hinc wrote: > > > > Stop in /usr/ports/net/bind8. > > > > *** Error code 1 > > > > > > > > What ??????????? Why??????????? I updated my ports and tried to install > > > > bind8.2.3 because bind8.2.2 has had a vulnerability , so While I was > > > > installing it, I had a error msgs. (in the up) > > > > please let me know How can I fix it !!! > > > > > > Bind was written on BSD. What's the point of using a port to > > > upgrade it? All FreeBSD's bind port does is increase your chances > > > of errors, reduce your system's overall QA, and install duplicate > > > files in non-standard places. The following steps have worked > > > flawlessly over this and several bind upgrades: > > > > # cd /usr/ports/net/bind8 > > # make PREFIX=/usr install > > > > PREFIX rocks. > > It can't be that simple! I hate to break it to you (I guess?), but it is. I did it on my CURRENT box for testing and it clobbered the old BIND quite nicely. Before, bubbles# ls -l /usr/sbin/named -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 501408 Jan 18 13:17 /usr/sbin/named After, bubbles# !ls ls -l /usr/sbin/named -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 595752 Jan 30 01:22 /usr/sbin/named Like I said, PREFIX rocks. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message