Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:47:18 -0400 From: Atomic Beef <teddyg522@gmail.com> To: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Subject: State of Provides/Requires Message-ID: <CAK%2B0_cD%2B3E1buHURDNJd-RD_W0Hs=0enqXzag5K5VYizb5rkCw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello, I was wondering what the state of provides/requires was. I found a couple of issues on Github that mentioned the feature, ( https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/1276 and https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/805) but they are both over a year old at this point. This is a crucial feature to binary package management, not only because it saves disk space, but because it enhances security. For example, any package depending on MySQL will usually choose to install mysql56-client which is marked as vulnerable and will never be patched. Is anyone currently working on implementing this? Thanks, Ted
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