svn commit: r239568 - head/etc/rc.d

Doug Barton dougb at FreeBSD.org
Thu Aug 23 19:46:19 UTC 2012


On 8/22/2012 3:25 PM, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 02:37:37PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
>> Were these changes discussed somewhere and I missed it?
> 
> They were not discussed.  I did not see the need.
> 
> This is simple functionality.  If securelevel is raised > 0, one
> cannot start up a firewall nor make major changes to time.
> Thus these components are required to be done before raising securelevel.
> 
>  
>> I'm not opposed per se, but the security aspects should be discussed on
>> freebsd-security@,
> 
> I'm sorry, I didn't feel that ensuring the software follows the
> published specification of its functionality to have such a security
> aspect.
> 
>> and it's preferable that significant changes to
>> rcorder be looked at on freebsd-rc@ as well.
> 
> I don't consider this to be a significant change.
> 
> I do have some significant changes that I do want freebsd-rc@ to
> review I will be sending soon.
> 
>> Can you hold off on MFC'ing any of this until it's been reviewed more
>> thoroughly?
> 
> Yes.

Thanks. Just to reiterate, I'm not saying that either your changes or
your methodology were wrong ... I personally would just like a little
time to review them before we move forward.

Doug

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    I am only one, but I am one.  I cannot do everything, but I can do
    something.  And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what
    I can do.
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