COMPAT?? options in FreeBSD 6.x's /etc/make.conf.

[Jonathan Kop]

At 2:28pm today, Erik Trulsson wrote:

ET> The misc/compat[345]x ports, are what you are supposed to use. The 
ET> libraries included in the misc/compat3x port does appear to have some 
ET> security problems that nobody has fixed, and the port is therefore 
ET> marked FORBIDDEN. (I don't think there are many (if any) FreeBSD 
ET> developers who still care about 3.x, so it seems unlikely that those 
ET> security problems will be fixed any time soon (if ever).)
ET> 
ET> > So, the question: how do I get libc.so.3 on my FreeBSD 6.x system?
ET> 
ET> misc/compat3x
ET> If you are not worried about the scurity holes with that you should be 
ET> able to just comment out the FORBIDDEN line in the port's Makefile and 
ET> install the port.

I'm in the unfortunate position of being worried about the security holes 
but also needing the compat3x libraries (for an old, closed-source 
binary), so I guess I don't really have much of a choice.

Thanks, Erik.

  -Jonathan.