portupgrade refusin to upgrade a port .. when it shouldn't imho

mato gamato at users.sf.net
Thu Dec 7 05:20:47 PST 2006


On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 16:46:24 -0800, Josh Carroll wrote
> > >> ** Port marked as IGNORE: multimedia/win32-codecs:
> > >>         is forbidden: Remote code execution:
> > >> http://vuxml.FreeBSD.org/24f6b1eb-43d5-11db-81e1-000e0c2e438a.html
> > >>
> > >> Isn't this behaviour flawed ??  Or am I missing something ?
> 
> You need to make config in /usr/ports/multimedia/win32-codecs, and
> unselect quicktime. Then the port should install. This is assuming,
>  of course, that you can live without the QT codec(s).
> 
> Josh


OK, I will try it..  Thank you all.

But the question remains -- if new port version is not vulnerable why i cannot
upgrade to it ??

Cheers,

Martin


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