On 01/06/2012 09:34, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > On 6/1/12 9:49 AM, Brent Clark wrote: >> Hiya >> >> I would just like to ask / know. Did anything weird or wonderful happen >> on the FreeBSD ports. >> >> To show you what I mean. >> >> [root@torry /usr/home/bclark]# portaudit -F -a; portsnap fetch update; >> pkg_version -vIL=; freebsd-update fetch install >> auditfile.tbz 100% of 77 kB 6570 Bps >> 00m00s >> New database installed. >> 0 problem(s) in your installed packages found. >> Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 9 mirrors found. >> Fetching snapshot tag from geodns-1.portsnap.freebsd.org... done. >> Fetching snapshot metadata... done. >> Updating from Thu May 31 19:58:31 SAST 2012 to Fri Jun 1 08:51:05 SAST >> 2012. >> Fetching 4 metadata patches... done. >> Applying metadata patches... done. >> Fetching 0 metadata files... done. >> Fetching 4180 patches.....10....20....30....40.... >> >> 4180 patches really !!! >> >> I run the above command almost everyday, so the most I have ever really >> seen is 300 - 400 patches. But 4180 has got me attention. >> >> Thanks >> Brent > > > I may be mistaken but I would guess it has to do with the > vulnerabilities addressed in OpenSSL in the 30/05/2012 update. > > I'm assuming authors have bumped their ports' revision numbers to force > a rebuild, using the patched openssl lib.
There might be a little of that, but most of the recent activity is
accounted for by
* Numerous ports moving to the new OPTIONSng framework
* Hundreds of PORTREVISION bumps after an update to graphics/png
* Removal of old koffice ports and the import of the Calligra office
suite to replace it.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.
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