Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:09:50 -0400 From: Dave Grochowski <malus.x@gmail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: old bugs Message-ID: <4670955E.4080706@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f4phe6$ufj$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <f4phe6$ufj$1@sea.gmane.org>
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Hey, Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote: > Recently bumped once again into "misc/58117: installworld /tmp/ > problem". Would it be better to solve it at "once and for all" basis? > > This is a good choice for securing servers to make /tmp noexec. But > when you did that - you'll have to face this bug again. Yes, it can be > solved by specifying TMPDIR. But: > - UPDATING says nothing about that; > - nor documentation do; > - the message is kindda cryptic and it takes time to understand whats > going on. > > Why not document the issue or prevent it by using custom catalog? > It's a problem for a few ports too, notably math/R. Sincerely, Dave Grochowski
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