Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 15:48:47 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, security@FreeBSD.org, Paul Andrews <andrews@powersurfr.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Ports Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-01:07.xfree86 Message-ID: <20010201154847.A74995@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010201135211.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 01:52:11PM -0800 References: <20010201130629.B74541@xor.obsecurity.org> <XFMail.010201135211.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 01:52:11PM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 01-Feb-01 Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 12:57:26PM -0700, Paul Andrews wrote: > >> Does this issue affect only those that installed the XFree86 3.3.6 port or > >> does it also affect those who have installed FreeBSD 4.2 RELEASE. > >> > >> If it does affect the RELEASE version what is the easiest why to fix this > >> problem, without upgrading to XFree86 4.01. > > > > My understanding is that the XFree86 distribution is built from > > whatever is in ports at the time of release. In fact, doesn't > > sysinstall just install the port thesedays anyway? > > > > ls -l /var/db/pkg/XFree86* > > > > Kris > > No, it builds the distribution from ports, and then engages in evilness to > package up the bits in tarballs that mimic the normal XFree distributions. OK, and the reason we can't just leave it a port is because of General Sysinstall Evilness<tm>? kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6efXfWry0BWjoQKURAt8OAKDbnYen9nXa1z3eeqkY5zyDrXZ7VwCeK/Ay bQOg4RxvbCpQwiY/MZCglCs= =0ZX/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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