Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD?

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On 03 June 2012 PM 11:41:12 Adam Strohl wrote:
> On 6/3/2012 19:19, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> > do a simple thing. Install a naked 8.3, 9.0 or 10.0 on a fresh hard disk. Get then the ports tree and start compiling X.
> >
> > I did not get a running system since at least 2007 when I did this. There was always at least one manual intervention needed.
> >
> > I did this the last time in the first week of May.
> >
> > Yes, I know how to fix this. Yes, I reported things like this at the beginning. After getting always the answer that it is working on my machine, I stopped reporting it.
> 
> Just built a VM and installed 9.0-R from the ISO.
> 
> Installed gnu-screen and bash (from ports).
> 
you did not compile it as the first item. 

> Built and installed xorg-server from ports without issue:

building is not the problem.

Start it.

I do not remember what was wrong this time.

Erich
> 
> ===>   Compressing manual pages for xorg-server-1.7.7_5,1
> ===>   Registering installation for xorg-server-1.7.7_5,1
> ===> SECURITY REPORT:
>        This port has installed the following binaries which execute with
>        increased privileges.
> /usr/local/bin/Xorg
> 
>        This port has installed the following files which may act as network
>        servers and may therefore pose a remote security risk to the system.
> /usr/local/bin/Xorg
> 
>        If there are vulnerabilities in these programs there may be a 
> security
>        risk to the system. FreeBSD makes no guarantee about the security of
>        ports included in the Ports Collection. Please type 'make deinstall'
>        to deinstall the port if this is a concern.
> 
>        For more information, and contact details about the security
>        status of this software, see the following webpage:
> http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/xorg
> 
> - root - xwintest.dsn - /usr/ports/x11-servers/xorg-server - 23:20:59 ICT
>  >>>>
>