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Date:      Fri, 18 Jun 1999 13:04:27 -0700
From:      Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>
To:        Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
Cc:        Brendan Conoboy <synk@swcp.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: make world clobbers (was Re: some nice advice...)
Message-ID:  <19990618130426.A27577@wopr.caltech.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199906181955.OAA78685@aurora.sol.net>; from Joe Greco on Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 02:55:22PM -0500
References:  <199906181936.NAA17158@kitsune.swcp.com> <199906181955.OAA78685@aurora.sol.net>

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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 <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * UNIX is a lever for the
http://www.pobox.com/~mph/           * intellect. -J.R. Mashey


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