Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:01:46 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Subject: Re: Suggestion: A new variable for a few Makefiles: IS_BINARY Message-ID: <20100121170146.672acbbd@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <4B5873EA.6020507@FreeBSD.org> References: <201001210247.o0L2lno8035853@fire.js.berklix.net> <4B5873EA.6020507@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:34:02 -0800 Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On 1/20/2010 6:47 PM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > Some may not don't mind > > installing binaries from elsewhere, but FreeSBD could protect more, > > What is it that you're trying to protect people from? In other words, > what bad thing do you think is going to happen if someone installs a > binary, and why do you think that we would allow something dangerous > into the ports collection in the first place? > I know Julian very well and he's, umm, very cautious. I assume he wants a knob he can turn on to avoid installing binaries while doing unattended installations, i.e. with BATCH set to yes. --- Gary Jennejohn
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