Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 23:41:12 +0700 From: Adam Strohl <adams-freebsd@ateamsystems.com> To: Erich Dollansky <erich@alogreentechnologies.com> Cc: erob@gthcfoundation.org, Etienne Robillard <animelovin@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD? Message-ID: <4FCB93A8.3070008@ateamsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <3281963.IKoQ1DrBzf@x220.ovitrap.com> References: <C480320C-0CD9-4B61-8AFB-37085C820AB7@FreeBSD.org> <4FCB3B6D.4020802@gthcfoundation.org> <4FCB3FAF.7010504@ateamsystems.com> <3281963.IKoQ1DrBzf@x220.ovitrap.com>
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On 6/3/2012 19:19, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> do a simple thing. Install a naked 8.3, 9.0 or 10.0 on a fresh hard disk. Get then the ports tree and start compiling X.
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> I did not get a running system since at least 2007 when I did this. There was always at least one manual intervention needed.
>
> I did this the last time in the first week of May.
>
> Yes, I know how to fix this. Yes, I reported things like this at the beginning. After getting always the answer that it is working on my machine, I stopped reporting it.
Just built a VM and installed 9.0-R from the ISO.
Installed gnu-screen and bash (from ports).
Built and installed xorg-server from ports without issue:
===> Compressing manual pages for xorg-server-1.7.7_5,1
===> Registering installation for xorg-server-1.7.7_5,1
===> SECURITY REPORT:
This port has installed the following binaries which execute with
increased privileges.
/usr/local/bin/Xorg
This port has installed the following files which may act as network
servers and may therefore pose a remote security risk to the system.
/usr/local/bin/Xorg
If there are vulnerabilities in these programs there may be a
security
risk to the system. FreeBSD makes no guarantee about the security of
ports included in the Ports Collection. Please type 'make deinstall'
to deinstall the port if this is a concern.
For more information, and contact details about the security
status of this software, see the following webpage:
http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/xorg
- root - xwintest.dsn - /usr/ports/x11-servers/xorg-server - 23:20:59 ICT
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