From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 30 19:27:39 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A8AF7B54 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:27:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from new1-smtp.messagingengine.com (new1-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.221]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7868BE04 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:27:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by gateway2.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D6EE3CE for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:27:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web6 ([10.202.2.216]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:27:38 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:x-sasl-enc:from:to :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:in-reply-to :references:subject:date; s=smtpout; bh=zg0byX70Lt448fMudBGPfc24 3xQ=; b=s9yUp4OxAgLv/cAP1cFYN0MnLXQfMZsXNvnLCOc3qKxk5ItKplNuqZyw iONCIblHldXkN/Nd7oD9eSETB/JHD8EzHx0AI32EiGevyRfrq7QmdZE7VMcDK9rt wsyoGcSRKH1/6kYLwwuj9CJ9io+sNhaLRKwCQ0y1EtLbE2a3bFw= Received: by web6.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 99) id E6C125C0B2; Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:27:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1412105257.1725323.173592133.6054EA5E@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: qn3Soyp2bK+4wwbAzIjE/wPf2gtHsexM4T3Tb5cRvMGZ 1412105257 From: Mark Felder To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-3bf5bee3 In-Reply-To: <20140930194440.5f2cdb44.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20140930110034.a637ab6d.freebsd@edvax.de> <20140930152801.cd7a2a5e.freebsd@edvax.de> <542AC600.1090600@freebsd.org> <20140930194440.5f2cdb44.freebsd@edvax.de> Subject: Re: Bash Shellshock Bug Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:27:37 -0500 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:27:39 -0000 On Tue, Sep 30, 2014, at 12:44, Polytropon wrote: > > That was my initial fear - the ports infrastructure has > changed in a way that it probably won't work on older > versions. Thanks for confirming this fear. So working > with the ports tree is out of scope, and probably there > won't be most recent binary packages (for use with pkg_add) > available... > > So it seems that building from source "off the track" > might be the only solution here. > > FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE has been EoL since July 31, 2012. Were you unaware that the ports tree will change to use new features and break for EoL releases? Were you unaware 8.2-RELEASE is completely EoL? Is there anything the project can do to better communicate these changes and timelines? I don't think anyone likes seeing end users stuck in these situations; your feedback will be appreciated. FYI -- whatever your're using the server for should* work if you simply bump the kernel and world to 8.4-RELEASE. If you just go that far you can use the modern ports tree after converting to pkgng with the pkg2ng tool. * Never say never, but anything that ran on older 8.x should run just fine on newer 8.x. This is not just a goal, but a rule the developers strive to uphold. If a change broke compatibility it wouldn't be permitted in a newer RELEASE of the same major version.