packages with security vulnerabilities

P Bielecki pawciobiel at gmail.com
Mon Jan 21 16:24:42 PST 2008


On Jan 22, 2008 12:23 AM, P Bielecki <pawciobiel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 21, 2008 11:57 PM, Doug Barton <dougb at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >
> > > I still don't understand what you claim is the problem :)  We do not
> > > specially update packages like perl; rather, *every* package is
> > > frequently rebuilt and updated.
> >
> > If I understood the question correctly, I think the OP is asking about
> > the frequency of rebuilding packages with security updates. In which
> > case your answer is still correct, but leads to a new question, which is
> > would it be possible to trigger an update for a port that has a security
> > update sooner?
> >
> > Doug
>

Kris,
That's exactly what I wanted to ask.
Thanks Doug.


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