From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Dec 2 19: 0: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F04537B407 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 19:00:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60BCC43ECF for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 19:00:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gB3302x3082122 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 19:00:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gB3302PU082121; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 19:00:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD90537B401 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 18:56:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from hyperreal.net (marduk.tessellated.net [64.46.156.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0417943E88 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 18:56:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkl@hyperreal.net) Received: (qmail 53913 invoked by uid 1009); 3 Dec 2002 02:56:35 -0000 Message-Id: <20021203025635.53912.qmail@hyperreal.net> Date: 3 Dec 2002 02:56:35 -0000 From: 605a1a9724ecc52ffc11dd6da4d8f665 <605a1a9724ecc52ffc11dd6da4d8f665@tessellated.net> Reply-To: 605a1a9724ecc52ffc11dd6da4d8f665 <605a1a9724ecc52ffc11dd6da4d8f665@tessellated.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: ports/45948: Porter's Handbook doesn't address security issues Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 45948 >Category: ports >Synopsis: Porter's Handbook doesn't address security issues >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Dec 02 19:00:01 PST 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: 605a1a9724ecc52ffc11dd6da4d8f665 >Release: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD system 4.7-STABLE FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE #0: Wed Nov 13 20:04:26 EST 2002 605a1a9724ecc52ffc11dd6da4d8f665@system:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SYSTEM i386 >Description: After chatting with portmgr@ I've come up with the attached patch. kris has suggested some ideas for expanding "security" to an independent section, so I'll try to generate a lengthier "security for porters" patch as time permits. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: diff -ruN porters-handbook.orig/book.sgml porters-handbook/book.sgml --- porters-handbook.orig/book.sgml Fri Nov 29 15:37:36 2002 +++ porters-handbook/book.sgml Fri Nov 29 16:08:06 2002 @@ -3954,6 +3954,10 @@ doing a commit. If the diff is more than about 20KB, please compress and uuencode it; otherwise, just include it in the PR as is. + + If your upgrade is motivated by security concerns or a major regression in the currently committed port, please notify the Package Builders portmgr@FreeBSD.org to request immediate rebuilding and redistribution of your port's package. Unsuspecting users of &man.pkg_add.1; will otherwise continue to install the old version via pkg_add -r for several weeks. + + Once again, please use &man.diff.1; and not &man.shar.1; to send updates to existing ports! >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message