From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Dec 14 9:47:40 2000 From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 14 09:47:36 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from puck.firepipe.net (poynting.physics.purdue.edu [128.210.146.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D398C37B402; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:47:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by puck.firepipe.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 72A1818DB; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 12:47:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 12:47:34 -0500 From: Will Andrews To: Warner Losh Cc: Will Andrews , Peter Pentchev , ports@FreeBSD.org, kris@FreeBSD.org, security-officer@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/databases/gigabase distinfo Message-ID: <20001214124734.I1873@puck.firepipe.net> Reply-To: Will Andrews Mail-Followup-To: Will Andrews , Warner Losh , Peter Pentchev , ports@FreeBSD.org, kris@FreeBSD.org, security-officer@FreeBSD.org References: <20001214122157.G1873@puck.firepipe.net> <200012141225.eBECPn385434@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001214122157.G1873@puck.firepipe.net> <200012141726.KAA48452@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200012141726.KAA48452@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 10:26:20AM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE i386 Sender: will@puck.firepipe.net Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 10:26:20AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > Actually, I see a good reason for noting it. In the past there have > been sites that have been compromized and the new checksum alerted > people to the trojan. That's why we need to make sure that when > checksums change, they are on purpose. Noting that fact in the commit > log (but maybe not to the level of detail) is prudent and saves the SO > from having to wonder if we've just introduced a trojan into our > system. OK, but the author really should have documented it himself.. I did say that if the author hasn't done this part, then it's probably not worth upgrading. Although I see the point in doing this anyway, I hope people save themselves the time by using the script in ports/Tools. -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message