Re: 100.chksetuid and PR 178005

Reply: Warner Losh : "Re: 100.chksetuid and PR 178005"
In reply to: Michael Grimm : "100.chksetuid and PR 178005 "
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From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd_at_quip.cz>
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2026 23:30:46 UTC

On 01/01/2026 15:08, Michael Grimm wrote:

> I found a 13 year old PR https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=178005 from ngie@ about unnecessary noise in daily security mails whenever an installworld has been run. Nowadays with pkgbase being used daily|frequently this issue might be even more pressing.
> 
> I do have an alternative 100.chksetuid running at my site that more or less does what that PR is all about.
> 
> Questions (because I never done that before):
> 
> #) Should I file a patch to this PR?
> #) Or should I open a new PR?
> #) And: would that be of interest at all?
I think the patch to the original PR is the right way to go. But 
periodic looks like unwanted child. It may take 15 years to have some 
patches accepted. (PR 86388)

Kind regards
Miroslav Lachman