Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 15:20:03 +0200 (CEST) From: Nick Hibma <hibma@skylink.it> To: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make world clobbers (was Re: some nice advice...) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990619151621.3827B-100000@heidi.plazza.it> In-Reply-To: <199906182045.PAA82206@aurora.sol.net>
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Please send me a list of the offending ports and I will fix them. I've fixed /usr/ports/[ab]* up to now. And yes, a lot of ports are broken. But without FreeBSD users saying so, with a send-pr, no FreeBSD user will be fixing it. I am perfectly willing to fix all the ports you require fixing tomorrow if you pay me a 500 Euro and agree that all the work goes into open source with the BSD license on it. Or try freebsd-jobs for someone cheaper. Nick > I've never seen that to be true; I have a whole _set_ of patches to make > the Apache and Squid ports relocate into a defined prefix, because setting > PREFIX=/squid make install doesn't cut it by a long shot. Now, I could > give you a step-by-step through the various ports that disprove what you > are trying to say, or you and I could just agree that in principle $PREFIX > is a reasonable idea but it isn't well-implemented. > > Oh, what the heck. > > strings /usr/local/sbin/gated | grep '^/' > /var/db/%s.pid > /var/run/%s.version > /etc/%s.conf > > I guess one could argue qpage either way; qpage puts its spool over in > /var/spool/qpage and there isn't much you can configure about that. I > probably wouldn't want that on a dedicated paging server. Fortunately > I don't run one. > > The last time I looked at the INN port it was a nightmare. But I have > not looked recently so I guess I won't point to it as a glaring counter- > example. > > Neither Squid nor Apache build a usable configuration if you PREFIX > elsewhere. > > None of this should reflect poorly on the ports people... the ports do > what they are meant to and are certainly worthwhile. However, for some > purposes you just can't use them. > > ... Joe > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net > Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/342-4847 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > -- e-Mail: hibma@skylink.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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