Recent security announcement and csup/cvsup?

[Alexander Zhuravlev]

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:45:19PM +0100, Mohacsi Janos wrote:
> Dear Ollivier and all,
> 	I have problem with the portsnap: I maintain a private "repository"
> under the /usr/ports: There is a /usr/ports/tmp where I store new
> ports to be tested, and submitted. The portsnap is removing
> unrecognized local files.

MacPorts has a really nice feature of Local Portfile Repositories:
http://guide.macports.org/chunked/development.local-repositories.html

I assume FreeBSD ports system can be modified to have something like
this (to have a list of port directories which can be modified by, for
example, defining local ports tree via /etc/make.conf).

> 	With cvsup I don't have such a problem.
> 	I have no information about pkgng, whether I can maintain private
> repository with pkgng or not?
> 
> Janos Mohacsi
> Head of HBONE+ project
> Network Engineer, Director Network and Multimedia
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> On Tue, 20 Nov 2012, Ollivier Robert wrote:
> 
> >According to Gary Palmer on Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 01:04:21PM -0500:
> >>In other words: while signed updates via freebsd-update and portsnap
> >>are great for a good chunk of users, they don't address everyones needs.
> >
> >Hopefully, with the move toward kngng, there will be less need of portsnap (and /usr/ports for that matter).
> >
> >-- 
> >Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto at keltia.net
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