Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 12:47:34 -0500 From: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>, Peter Pentchev <roam@FreeBSD.org>, 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> In-Reply-To: <200012141726.KAA48452@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 10:26:20AM -0700 References: <20001214122157.G1873@puck.firepipe.net> <200012141225.eBECPn385434@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001214122157.G1873@puck.firepipe.net> <200012141726.KAA48452@harmony.village.org>
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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
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