Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 11:20:31 -0700 From: Cy Schubert <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: David G Andersen <danderse@cs.utah.edu> Cc: jdn@acp.qiv.com (Jay Nelson), Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca, jwyatt@rwsystems.net, glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeSSH Message-ID: <199910181820.LAA07462@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 17 Oct 1999 11:39:10 MDT." <199910171739.LAA21629@faith.cs.utah.edu>
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In message <199910171739.LAA21629@faith.cs.utah.edu>, David G Andersen
writes:
> Given that it may take a lot of re-engineering to change the build process
> to not install the packages in the first place, what if we changed the
> installation to create a "virtual" package entry for them, so that
> an interested sysadmin could then use pkg_delete to nuke the components of
> the package? It would be easy enough to generate the packing list at
> compile time, and then stuff it in a known location at build time.
>
> This wouldn't save download time or initial space, but it *would*
> help make the security goal easier, from my point of view.
In other words do what ports do currently.
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Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766
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