From owner-freebsd-security Fri Jun 18 13: 5:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from wopr.caltech.edu (wopr.caltech.edu [131.215.240.222]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12DA714F72 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 1999 13:05:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mph@wopr.caltech.edu) Received: (from mph@localhost) by wopr.caltech.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) id NAA27841; Fri, 18 Jun 1999 13:04:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mph) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 13:04:27 -0700 From: Matthew Hunt To: Joe Greco Cc: Brendan Conoboy , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make world clobbers (was Re: some nice advice...) Message-ID: <19990618130426.A27577@wopr.caltech.edu> References: <199906181936.NAA17158@kitsune.swcp.com> <199906181955.OAA78685@aurora.sol.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <199906181955.OAA78685@aurora.sol.net>; from Joe Greco on Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 02:55:22PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 02:55:22PM -0500, Joe Greco wrote: > secure service is a completely different issue. FreeBSD is highly nonoptimal > for this sort of thing, as it comes with everything thrown into /usr/local > or whereever the hell else the porter felt it should go. This statement is hardly fair. Ports go in $PREFIX, wherever that may be. If something has /usr/local hardcoded, then it's a bug and should be reported. The porters have no freedom in deciding whether this is the case. -- Matthew Hunt * UNIX is a lever for the http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * intellect. -J.R. Mashey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message