freebsd and snort

[Scot Hetzel]

On 5/27/08, Nigel Houghton <nigel at sourcefire.com> wrote:
> On 5/27/08 2:51 AM, "gahn" <ipfreak at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  > Hello all:
>  >
>  > I tried to install snort under /usr/ports/security and have some problems.
>  > with "make all", I checked every item on the menu but I got error messages:
>  >

>  3. Did you try to contact the port maintainer or file a bug report? (the
>  port needs updating anyway)
>
The maintainer knows about the broken state of FLEXSRESP2 patch, as he
was the one who submitted the change to mark it broken in revision
1.70 (2006/08/30 04:26:53 clsung) when it was first introduced.

It also looks like snort 2.8.1 now incorporates the FLEXRESP2 patch in
the main source.  I submitted PR 124048 to remove the BROKEN state of
FLEXRESP2.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=124048

>  Having said all that, I don't know why flexresp2 is needed for a plain snort
>  build.
>
The default state for FLEXRESP2 is OFF.  The only OPTION that is
enabled is dynamic plugin support (DYNAMIC) for a plain snort build.

Scot