Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:24:37 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 281837] Handbook "CentOS Base System from FreeBSD Packages" recommends deprecated packages Message-ID: <bug-281837-4077-NTnWi2RUMh@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-281837-4077@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=281837 --- Comment #36 from Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@runbox.com> --- Opening up with warning boxes makes everyone complain loudly, that is the cause of this in the first place, not any actual security breaches. By being more explicit about CentOS 7, and even using the word deprecated, the user should understand that is ancient and obviously not recieving updates. Similar to how we provide ftp support. It is for compat, and people know it is for compat, and it is an amazing feature that helps people for that. ``` "FreeBSD provides the deprecated CentOS 7 userland for running 32-bit Linux applications. To install the CentOS 7 userland execute the following command:" ``` Look at what we did with sysexits for example. The functionality is described first: https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysexits&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+15.0-CURRENT&arch=default&format=html -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.home | help
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