From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 28 11:48:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFFF616A41B for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:48:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-10.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-10.bluehost.com [69.89.17.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 922C713C442 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:48:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 12061 invoked by uid 0); 28 Jan 2008 11:48:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by mailproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 28 Jan 2008 11:48:50 -0000 Received: from c-24-9-123-251.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.123.251] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JJSTq-0004eX-4Q for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:48:50 -0700 Received: by demeter.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:48:49 -0700 Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:48:49 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080128114849.GA2002@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20080128094841.GA714@demeter.hydra> <1201517827.1126.1.camel@freesbie.oetsel.org> <20080128064146.081fec61@scorpio> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080128064146.081fec61@scorpio> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.9.123.251 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: www/flock port fails to install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:48:50 -0000 On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 06:41:46AM -0500, Gerard wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:57:07 +0100 > Pieter Baele wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 02:48 -0700, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > > > > I'm on FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE for i386 on this machine. Thanks in > > > advance > > > for your time. > > > > When there are (security) vulnerabilities, ports won't install. > > You can override this, but I don't remember how. > > (and I don't want to know it as I trust FreeBSD package > > maintainers ;-) > > Place this in the /etc/make.conf file: > > DISABLE_VULNERABILITIES=yes > > Use at your own peril. Considering there is a version 1.0.7 of Flock, and the security warning is for versions < 1.0.2, my preference would be to simply install a secure version (preferably without having to rely on Linux compatibility libraries). Is this not currently possible in FreeBSD for some reason? -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Phillip J. Haack: "Productivity is not about speed. It's about velocity. You can be fast, but if you're going in the wrong direction, you're not helping anyone."