Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 20:21:10 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: ports@freebsd.org, yar@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysutils/cfs Message-ID: <CADLo83_A%2BOh%2Bi4ZFQ=KnZyvBk0h2pf%2BbJnjhYHm=5UyacjE3cA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADLo838g=r3C4pHVteObPYrA6VxB7%2B4banaEXeVrPwGD7MDAtg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADLo838g=r3C4pHVteObPYrA6VxB7%2B4banaEXeVrPwGD7MDAtg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 4 September 2011 17:56, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> wrote: > Guys, > > I've had to deprecate sysutils/cfs -- there's a confirmed issue with > failing locks [1] which has been open for two years with no fix. > > Please would someone consider stepping up to fix and maintain it? It > has two months to live. > > Thanks! > > Chris > > [1] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dports/137378 Whoops, also missed a CVE -- buffer overflows can cause a DoS. Expiration date altered to 1 month accordingly. By the way, Debian has dropped this as well, and upstream says it was due a rewrite in 2002. With the vulnerability in mind, whoever volunteers to maintain this port should probably look at becoming the upstream too. Chris --=20 Chris Rees =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0| FreeBSD Developer crees@FreeBSD.org =A0 | http://people.freebsd.org/~crees
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