cvs commit: CVSROOT modules ports/www Makefile ports/www/linux-flashplugin6 Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist

Simon L. Nielsen simon at FreeBSD.org
Thu May 25 05:50:13 PDT 2006


On 2006.05.24 08:00:53 +0900, Hiroki Sato wrote:
> "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon at FreeBSD.org> wrote
>   in <20060523193029.GA1111 at zaphod.nitro.dk>:
> 
> si> On 2006.05.23 19:12:24 +0000, Hiroki Sato wrote:
> si> > hrs         2006-05-23 19:12:24 UTC
> si> >
> si> >   FreeBSD ports repository
> si> >
> si> >   Modified files:
> si> >     .                    modules
> si> >     www                  Makefile
> si> >   Added files:
> si> >     www/linux-flashplugin6 Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist
> si> >   Log:
> si> >   Revert changes related to linux-flashplugin* removal.
> si>
> si> Hmm, is this really a good idea?  It has a rather serious security
> si> vulnerability which is unlikely to get fixed.
> 
>  Ah, I just wanted to revert all my changes related to the
>  flashplugin removal first.  As of the removal, www/linuxpluginwrapper
>  still depended on www/linux-flashplugin6.
> 
>  I also think it is good to remove this because of the security flaw,
>  but is it true that in such cases we need to set DEPRECATED and
>  EXPIRATION_DATE in advance?  Or, is it no problem with removing
>  it immediately?

Normally I use EXPIRATION_DATE, but since this has already been
deleted once I don't see a big need to wait with removing it again,
but that's up to you.  As long as it keeps the FORBIDDEN tag I don't
have a problem with waiting a bit.

-- 
Simon L. Nielsen
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