Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 14:52:51 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: updating rdist Message-ID: <20001111145251.D21664@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <200011111546.eABFk7X04664@cwsys.cwsent.com>; from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca on Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 07:45:53AM -0800 References: <20001111035905.A82574@dragon.nuxi.com> <200011111546.eABFk7X04664@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 07:45:53AM -0800, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote:
> In message <20001111035905.A82574@dragon.nuxi.com>, "David O'Brien"
> writes:
> > I have just committed a `44bsd-rdist' port.
> > So the question is, do we totally remove `rdist' from the base system,
> > or update it to rdist 6.1.5?
>
> Now that it's in ports I perceive (please correct me if my perception
> is wrong) that less attention to security and bug fixing might be paid
> to rdist. Or do we have a commitment that the port will be maintained
> with as much attention as any software in the base system?
We put as much attention in fixing the vulnerability in 44bsd-csh as we
did contrib/tcsh. Kris (Security Officer) has been spending a *lot* of
time on Ports vulnerabilities. His numerous (heck, tons) of FreeBSD
Security Advisories shows that. :-)
> Since we now have a 44bsd-rdist port, why don't we maintain it like we
> did the OpenSSH port: Check it out of the OpenBSD or NetBSD CVS
> repositories.
I don't see the advantage of doing that. Plus some may want our full CVS
repo history for rdist. If you check out the 44bsd-* ports, you'll see
that I package the full RCS files up, and any changes to the code has to
be done thru RCS. No patches allowed in the 44bsd-* ports.
> On to another idea and another tangent: Why not leave both rdists in
> ports and have sysinstall ask the user whether 44bsd-rdist (compatible
> with most vendors UNIX systems), rdist6 (compatible with Linux), and/or
> rsync be installed.
It already does, thru the Package installation submenu. ;-)
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-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX
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