Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 16:38:42 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: asami@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.1 Release testing... Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.0.20000712163654.03107bd0@marble.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <vqcr98zayj1.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> References: <"Jordan K. Hubbard"'s message of "Wed, 12 Jul 2000 12:59:07 -0700"> <44589.963431947@localhost>
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One the comes to mind is big brother. It should either be updated or marked
as broken as there is a security hole in the current version. Also the
port version runs as root when it happily runs under and should run under
its own non priv'd userid.
---Mike
At 01:23 PM 7/12/00 -0700, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote:
> * From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com>
>
> * An ISO image on the 14th is also doable, but I didn't think the
> * packages would be available by then. Was I wrong?
>
>"Some" packages will always be available. They are just not the ones
>that go in the final release.
>...... -- everyone has his or her favorite port that
>happened to be updated/fixed/security hole plugged just hours after
>the ports freeze. The number of people who send me mail pleading to
>slip in just one more update has been increasing over the years due to
>the number of ports exploding.
---Mike
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