Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 01:20:22 -0500 From: jhell <jhell@DataIX.net> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, cvs-src@yandex.ru Subject: Re: Recent massive port update. Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002060113290.57740@pragry.qngnvk.ybpny> In-Reply-To: <op.u7otdmqy9aq2h7@localhost> References: <1781265383542@webmail54.yandex.ru> <20100205225039.GA81606@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002052239120.4622@pragry.qngnvk.ybpny> <op.u7otdmqy9aq2h7@localhost>
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On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 22:59, mezz7@ wrote: > On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:42:09 -0600, jhell <jhell@dataix.net> wrote: > >> >> On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 17:50, ertr1013@ wrote: >>> On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 06:25:42PM +0300, cvs-src@yandex.ru wrote: >>>> Hi there. >>>> I see some massive port update in past hours, but not see what the >>>> reason of it (nor on freebsd-ports@, nor on freshports.org). Can >>>> anybody shed the light what was changed? >>> >>> The graphics/jpeg port was updated such that the version number of >>> libjpeg.so was increased. This necessitated a revision bump in all the >>> ports that depend on graphics/jpeg. There are *many* such ports. >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> [root@smeshariki2 ~]# portsnap fetch >>>> Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found. >>>> Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap1.FreeBSD.org... done. >>>> Fetching snapshot metadata... done. >>>> Updating from Fri Feb 5 06:44:34 MSK 2010 to Fri Feb 5 15:57:40 MSK >>>> 2010. >>>> Fetching 4 metadata patches... done. >>>> Applying metadata patches... done. >>>> Fetching 0 metadata files... done. >>>> Fetching 4282 patches..... >>> >> >> >> I could have swore that I recently heard an announcement that barred this >> type of activity until after 7.3-RELEASE was made.... > > Read this: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2010-January/059241.html > >> Guess that doesn't stand for everything. > > Stick to package if you can't handle it. > Is this just one package that I'm allowed or can I use packages too ? ;) Insightful. I don't see how this warranted that I can't handle it but hey to each his own opinion. It's a question. GAL >> Was there some type of security concern that caused this bump of jpeg in >> the first place or was it just a creeping featurism? > -- jhell
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