Build Stops with Multimedia/Gstreamer-plugins ?

[Bob Perry]

Hi Joe,

It took a while, but I've completed the build.  Thanks again for your
assistance and your patience.

During the installation, the following prompt appeared:

    GDM may contain vulnerabilities leading local root compromise, and it is
reported             widely with various security sites and groups .  It is
not recommended that this port be     installed in public environment.  Do
you wish to accept security risk and build GDM         anyway?

(May have misspelled a word or two..sorry.)

There were "YES" and "NO" responses and "YES" was highlighted.  I have a
standalone machine and access the internet through an ISP so I accepted
"YES".  Can you help me understand the consequences of my decision?  What is
a "public environment" and what were my alternatives?

Bob


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Marcus Clarke" <marcus at marcuscom.com>
To: "Bob Perry" <rperry4 at earthlink.net>
Cc: <freebsd-gnome at freebsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: Build Stops with Multimedia/Gstreamer-plugins ?