Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:08:26 -0500 From: Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Spam] Fw: Merry Christmas from the FreeBSD Security Team Message-ID: <C6D14D1DDCDAF780F50AA97E@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <20111223164542.b74a8519@mail.ose.nl> References: <20111223164542.b74a8519@mail.ose.nl>
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--As of December 23, 2011 5:45:42 PM +0100, Bas Smeelen is alleged to have said: > While I'm writing, a note to freebsd-update users: > FreeBSD-SA-11:07.chroot has a rather messy fix involving adding a new > interface to libc; this has the awkward side effect of causing the sizes > of some "symbols" (aka. functions) in libc to change, resulting in > cascading changes into many binaries. The long list of updated files is > irritating, but isn't a sign that anything in freebsd-update went wrong. --As for the rest, it is mine. I appreciate the hard work, though I could wish it were better timed. ;) However, the above does worry me a bit: Is that same library change likely to affect ports? Any way to tell which, if so? (Or should I just start reinstalling everything...) Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
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