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Date:      Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:42:04 -0500
From:      Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>
To:        marino@freebsd.org
Cc:        "svn-ports-head@freebsd.org" <svn-ports-head@freebsd.org>, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, "svn-ports-all@freebsd.org" <svn-ports-all@freebsd.org>, "ports-committers@freebsd.org" <ports-committers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r337624 - head/games/daimonin-music
Message-ID:  <CAF6rxgmTxo-Z%2Bzsn1MX2ujinsRkNF1VBTbgk6x2EZEeDP-Qkgg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <52E19485.2090206@marino.st>
References:  <201312262215.rBQMF1ZF002032@svn.freebsd.org> <20131226223743.GV40122@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <52BCB084.3040504@marino.st> <20131226224813.GW40122@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <CAF6rxg=msRc5qkn0h-0fZdVyCjiFXNGV2eCwHZK-KGaCWf0qAw@mail.gmail.com> <52E19485.2090206@marino.st>

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On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 5:15 PM, John Marino <freebsd.contact@marino.st> wrote:
> If I remember correctly, the entire concept was flawed.  The original
> maintainer recognized that the distfile could get rerolled.  He was
> setting up a method where the port would not break if/when it was rerolled.

Agreed.

> Obviously that's absurd and opens the door wide open for attack.  The
> solution was to generate distinfo and just let a reroll temporarily
> break the port.

Generally, agreed.

>  Incidentally, it was not rerolled in the last couple of
> years.

My understanding is that the maintainer claimed a re-roll fairly
often, even daily at times.  Its been a while since I looked into this
port and am happy for you to handle it. :)


-- 
Eitan Adler
Source, Ports, Doc committer
Bugmeister, Ports Security teams



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