From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 6 17:45:15 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0D7716A419 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 17:45:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu (smtp3.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3A2E13C465 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 17:45:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from utd59514.utdallas.edu (utd59514.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 738AF65505 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:45:15 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:45:14 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <66C000D0DD088B6FBAEBBBE4@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <007601c83804$4b014c20$6300000a@pi> References: <002401c8352b$9ba33750$6300000a@pi> <001c01c835f6$8165ab90$6300000a@pi> <000801c83672$46c079d0$6300000a@pi> <007601c83804$4b014c20$6300000a@pi> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: HELP needed by experienced porter for simple review X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:45:16 -0000 --On Thursday, December 06, 2007 13:34:05 +0100 GP wrote: > > rc.conf > It's a shame that I can't use a script placed in /files to change rc.conf > during install/ > deinstall. I really liked that. But i guess I will settle with a dull > pkg-message at the > end, like the rest of you... > Well, no, it's not a shame. The last thing we want to do as a community is enable all sorts of daemons that users don't know they have enabled. It's up to the owner of a box to enable a daemon **in the way** that they want it enabled. For example, *none* of the daemons on my workstation listen for connections on its IP address - only on localhost. If you enabled the daemon by default while installing the script, and I didn't have time to config it the way I wanted, and it got started (either by accident or by reboot) I would be pissed (not to mention possibly hacked.) As porters our job is to make the software available for install *not* decide how or when it will be used. -- Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/