On Wed, 25 Jul 2012, Jerry wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:14:25 -0700
Doug Barton articulated:
On 07/25/2012 08:03, Michael wrote:
Hello obrien,
Any plans to update bash-4.2.28 up to patch level 037?
Is there a specific bug fixed that you're interested in?
The short answer would be what the hell difference does that make?
We don't use that kind of language on the FreeBSD lists.
The
OP just wanted to know if the port was going to be updated to include
the newly released patches. The long answer is that he is interested in
getting the official patches to correct known problems with Bash. Who's
business is it what problem, real or potential that the OP is looking
to correct or prevent?
Completely aside from my being thoroughly impressed with your
mind-reading abilities, upgrading to the latest/greatest is not always
the best strategy. Speaking generally, even things that are (nominally)
strictly bug fixes can bring in new problems, and Bash patches are not
always strictly bug fixes.
There is also the issue that in FreeBSD we are generally more
conservative about upgrading something from a known-stable version.
As for my motivations for asking the question, there are at least 2.
First, I don't see anything in the latest set of patches that I find
particularly exciting, but I'm interested in the OP's perspective.
Second, if the OP is actually being affected by one of the things that
is patched, I know the maintainer would be interested in that.
Actually, the OP would be better served contacting the port maintainer
<obr...@freebsd.org>. Unlike Postfix that <sa...@freebsd.org> updates
in virtually real time, there is usually quite a lag between the time
Bash issues a patch and the time it makes it into the ports system.
See above.
hth,
Doug
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