From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 10 10:12:41 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F163106566C for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:12:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3cd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 638178FC16 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:12:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:fa1e:dfff:feda:c0bb]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q7AACUPL010544 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:12:31 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.5.2 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk q7AACUPL010544 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1344593551; bh=ny+Gy+TgnWW4eZ5zX3NBPjjqeXONoFmk24je1Ic0IOc=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Cc:Content-Type: Message-ID:Mime-Version; b=nFrdm787CRF9V/S6m12nJ4gcqpDZjhMwShBi2zFY1TgQ9rIdjkH0yNJR87VS2rskx mIdf6e3Z0lSJVWOGq8QUIO2xqQNMdLTSO8DtvqVZv/MWpIDt9VngL1v8ctmzM5iGpV akcqacdd237/3VUxOm/Vy2l4dYhhhKWlZfeJ+wjM= Message-ID: <5024DE87.4040609@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:12:23 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120713 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org References: <5023a174.c4df440a.09cc.ffffd3d2SMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com> <3FB858A6-807A-45E7-880B-F27D9C884827@gmail.com> <201208092131.PAA02727@lariat.net> <20120809221301.GB1406@schism.local> In-Reply-To: <20120809221301.GB1406@schism.local> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.3 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig8B0A44A57A48BA8791E94EF5" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.5 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_ADSP_ALL,DKIM_SIGNED,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Subject: Re: getting the running patch level X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:12:41 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig8B0A44A57A48BA8791E94EF5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 09/08/2012 23:13, Glen Barber wrote: > On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 03:31:25PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: >> > I realize that sysinstall is deprecated in favor of the new installe= r, but >> > the new installer doesn't have the ability to install binary package= s. >> > Until and unless there's a convenient menu-based installer for binar= y >> > packages, would it be possible to fix this glitch? > There is always pkgng, granted it is not menu-driven. No reason pkgng couldn't be wrapped in some sort of menuing system. In fact, it's probably quite a lot easier than doing the same sort of thing with the old pkg_tools. Also, pkgdb functionality is expressed through libpkg.so.1, meaning that hooking it up to a different front-end should be a small matter of programming. There is already a Ruby interface available, and other languages are being worked on. The libpkg API is still subject to incompatible changes at this stage of development: that won't be settled for quite some time yet. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig8B0A44A57A48BA8791E94EF5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlAk3o4ACgkQ8Mjk52CukIyr2QCfczzQitNqyoUJxhdf9amvkhc0 o2EAniiR0oTXOjO+59fZJX/D9xUOGiQ9 =oWr1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig8B0A44A57A48BA8791E94EF5--