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Bug 211552 - www-servers/publicfile - make the patches optional
Summary: www-servers/publicfile - make the patches optional
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Lowest enhancement (vote)
Assignee: www-servers Herd (OBSOLETE)
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Reported: 2008-02-26 18:41 UTC by Sulla Felix
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:25 UTC (History)
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Description Sulla Felix 2008-02-26 18:41:46 UTC 
Please turn the ftpls and filetype patches into optional use flags.

DJB software has a really good reputation for security; however most third party patches breaks its coding style and shouldn't be trusted.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-02-26 18:50:30 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> DJB software has a really good reputation for security

ROTFLMAO! You've made my day....

On a side note, kindly review http://bugs.gentoo.org/page.cgi?id=fields.html#bug_severity
Comment 2 Thilo Bangert (RETIRED) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-01-03 21:25:50 UTC 
your argument is not really convincing.