RW <rwmailli...@googlemail.com> writes: > On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:17:38 -0700 > Doug Barton <do...@freebsd.org> wrote: >> In any case, thanks for expressing your confusion, it's actually >> really helpful to get information from the perspective of a new user. > > I wonder how many new users have read the bugs section of the shar man > page, and know how to check such files for malicious script lines. > That's not much of an issue for ports submission, but people are > routinely posting these files in the mailing lists. > > Am I the only one that thinks it's odd that in 2010 we're still using > executable scripts to distribute text files?
The last time I heard we still use shar(1) and not diff(1) is because some committers use deficient scripts to automate their process of testing. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
