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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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Subject: Re: www/flock port fails to install
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Gerard wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:57:07 +0100
> Pieter Baele <pieter.baele@telenet.be> 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.

You might find an unsecure port has been installed without realizing it. 
That much peril isn't necessary.

If you must install a port with security vulnerabilities, you can define 
the flag on the command line at that time and only for that port:

make -DDISABLE_VULNERABILITIES install

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA