Does the image on isc.portsnap.freebsd.org have a virus?

[Chris H]

Greetings, and thank you for your response.
> On 31/07/2013 15:44, Chris H wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>   I know this sounds crazy, and apologies if I am. But I have 2 RELENG_8 servers;
>> 1 amd64, and 1 i386. about 3 wks ago, I migrated from cv(sup) updating, to svn on
>> the amd64 box.
>> After removing cv(sup) related folders, and the ports folder, I used:
>> portsnap fetch
>> After the fetch completed I ran:
>> portsnap extract
>> which verified/patched && extracted the image to /usr/ports.
>> Tonight, I initiated the same procedure on the i386 server. _BUT_ upon completion of
>> the fetch, it proceeded to verify/patch && extract; _not_ to /usr/ports, but to
>> /var/db/portsnap/ports. re-examining /etc/portsnap.conf, and re-reading the portsnap(8)
>> man
>> page, reveals that _both_ .conf files are identical, as were the version(s) used on both
>> boxes. An additional attempt to portsnap fetch, resulted in the same (unorthodox)
>> behavior.
>> What gives?!
>
> Are you watching as it started or when it finished?
>
> /var/db/portsnap is used by portsnap to download updates that it uses to
> generate the /usr/ports files.
>
> Just guessing but it may also extract and patch files there before
> moving them to /usr/ports
Yep. I'm watching it.
In the first instance, /usr/ports was removed (before initiating portsnap). But before
the second attempt, I performed a mkdir /usr/ports. But in the end, the results were
the same;
portsnap fetch fetched the image, verified the image,
extracted to /var/db/portsnap/ports, then patched, and exited.
I did _not_ issue portsnap fetch && portsnap extract.
So I guess portsnap extract is a noop. Guess it's time to update the portsnap(8)
man pages to indicate portsnap fetch is no longer an option.

Thanks again, for the reply.

--chris

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