On Apr 6, 2021, at 7:42 AM, Shawn Webb <shawn.w...@hardenedbsd.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 04:39:40PM +0200, Miroslav Lachman wrote: >> On 06/04/2021 16:27, Shawn Webb wrote: >> >>> 1. BSDStats isn't run/maintained by the FreeBSD project. File the >>> report with the BSDStats project, not FreeBSD. >>> 2. You install a package that is made to submit statistical data. >>> 3. You're upset that it submits statistical data? >> >> The problem here is that it collects and sends data right at the install >> time. It is really unexpected to run installed package without user consent. >> If you install Apache, MySQL or any other package the command / daemon is no >> run by "pkg install" command. >> This must be avoided. > > It's probably easier to submit a patch than it is to write a > lolwut-type email. All you gotta do is rm the post-install script. > Also `pkg install` has the -I option. But whatever, let the lolwut > mentality prevail!
I had a conversation on the side with the requestor. In short, there is already a patch to address this issue in https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251152 <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251152>. Not sure why it hasn't been committed yet, but hopefully it gets picked up shortly. Gordon
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