Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:36:34 -0400 From: Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, tabthorpe@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports MOVED ports/security Makefile ports/security/isolate Makefile distinfo pkg-descr Message-ID: <20100817143634.GC86627@atarininja.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=sFMBWPCc3TSW8YO8mKJGrEAfh6fXLu6U0Z62Z@mail.gmail.com> References: <201008171304.o7HD4Qni030189@repoman.freebsd.org> <20100817131333.GB86627@atarininja.org> <AANLkTi=sFMBWPCc3TSW8YO8mKJGrEAfh6fXLu6U0Z62Z@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 02:24:16PM +0000, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > 2010/8/17 Wesley Shields <wxs@freebsd.org>: > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 01:04:26PM +0000, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > >> bapt ? ? ? ?2010-08-17 13:04:26 UTC > >> > >> ? FreeBSD ports repository > >> > >> ? Modified files: > >> ? ? . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?MOVED > >> ? ? security ? ? ? ? ? ? Makefile > >> ? Removed files: > >> ? ? security/isolate ? ? Makefile distinfo pkg-descr > >> ? Log: > >> ? Security vulnerability: local root privileges escalation problems > > > > Wow, this seems a little excessive to me. Why was this removed? Is > > upstream not going to fix the problem(s)? Isn't marking it broken and a > > vuxml entry enough while we give them time to address the problems? > > > > -- WXS > > > > Sorry my log wasn't descriptive enough. Upstream asked me to remove > the ports, so did the maintainer. > > Also upstream removed the google code page for the project and > currently doesn't plan a fix. > > I'll try to make better commit log next time. I was just curious because this seemed like a knee-jerk reaction on our part. Turns out that it was directed by upstream and maintainer, which is completely understandable. I was merely trying to make sure we avoid knee-jerk reactions. Thank you for the clarification. -- WXS
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