From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 17 20:23:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9405B106568B for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:23:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E1C58FC25 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:23:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net (mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 824147E837; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:23:15 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:23:14 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.4 (FreeBSD/8.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.2.4; i386; ; ) References: <20090617061933.33878200@scorpio.seibercom.net> <01023496@ipt.ru> <20090617155359.50ca717a@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20090617155359.50ca717a@scorpio.seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200906171223.14613.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: Subject: Re: Updating linux-pango X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:23:18 -0000 On Wednesday 17 June 2009 11:53:59 Jerry wrote: > That does not supply an answer. And that was a lot of quoting for a post that only shows you are running in pedantic mode. But let me clarify for the joyful moment that the next poor soul bitten by this issue searches the list archive: - there is no available upgrade from upstream - port maintainer does not have the time/resources to repack the rpm without the vulnerability - if/when an rpm has been found that is not vulnerable, the port will be updated. - the time frame for the above ranges from the near to the infinite future. - users are encouraged to use their covert channels into the penguin world to inquire about fc4 compatible non-vulnerable rpm's for the pango software and relay this information to the hard working port maintainer if such has been located. -- Mel