Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 19:16:28 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: Xin LI <delphij@frontfree.net> Cc: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20040403171627.GF870@zaphod.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <20040403170050.GC2898@frontfree.net> References: <200404031621.i33GLXi0093774@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040403163003.GE870@zaphod.nitro.dk> <20040403170050.GC2898@frontfree.net>
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--ey/N+yb7u/X9mFhi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2004.04.04 01:00:50 +0800, Xin LI wrote: > On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 06:30:04PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > >=20 > > On 2004.04.03 08:21:33 -0800, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > > > blackend 2004/04/03 08:21:33 PST > > >=20 > > > FreeBSD doc repository > > >=20 > > > Modified files: > > > en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports chapter.sgml=20 > > > Log: > > > Add some warnings: people should check http://vuxml.freebsd.org/ be= fore > > > installing any application. > >=20 > > Isn't that a bit overkill? Ports that have security issues are marked > > FORBIDDEN so users can't install them. If people want extra securirty > > they can use portaudit which checks the vuxml databases automatically. > >=20 > > I also think it would be very hard to check vuxml manually in many > > cases, since ports can have a lot of dependencies, which might also > > contain security problems. >=20 > I think we'd better introduce portaudit to users, so I'd proposal > the patch attached. This looks great and removes any objections I have to the origninal change. --=20 Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Documentation Team --ey/N+yb7u/X9mFhi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAbvFrh9pcDSc1mlERAiOwAJ9XXuQFyKO0tp6FYh+MFXf33m4F0QCff2tg TuxBFafkFbsnsk3dzjeM7Tc= =+chy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ey/N+yb7u/X9mFhi--
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