From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 6 12:44: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f109.law4.hotmail.com [216.33.149.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7B78737B5AF for ; Sat, 6 May 2000 12:44:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cgibin@hotmail.com) Received: (qmail 86972 invoked by uid 0); 6 May 2000 19:44:02 -0000 Message-ID: <20000506194402.86971.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 216.162.207.74 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Sat, 06 May 2000 12:44:02 PDT X-Originating-IP: [216.162.207.74] From: "Robert B" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cant install Lynx from Ports collection Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 19:44:02 GMT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks, I kinda figured that was the case. What is the best way to update a single port via ftp i.e \usr\ports\www\lynx? Also whats the best way to update the compleate ports collection via ftp? Thanks Rob At 06:32 PM 5/6/00 +0000, Robert B wrote: >When I try to do a make from the lynx dir in the ports collection I get >"lynx-2.8.2rel.1 is forbidden: Riddled with buffer overflows exploitable by >a malicious server to execute code as the local user" > >What is the prper way to install Lynx? You need to update your ports collection. There is a new version out now which isn't forbidden. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message