In message <47ef88c6e3118962392b7c96ad4e4e0b@pobox.com>, Soren Jacobsen writes:
>On Mar 15, 2005, at 12:03 PM, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
>
>> In message <20050315195251.GA986@hanele.ics.muni.cz>, Jachym Holecek 
>> writes:
>>>>>> How do other folks deal with such issues?
>>>>>
>>>>> Always check for important messages _after_ you've installed a 
>>>>> package,
>>>>> not during the install:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ /usr/sbin/pkg_info -D firefox-gtk2
>>>>
>>>> That doesn't work very well for dependent packages installed
>>>> automatically -- they've long-since scrolled by.
>>>
>>> Using PKGSRC_MESSAGE_RECIPIENTS might help.
>
>Yep.  I proposed, maybe a year ago (or longer?) to set it to root by 
>default.  There was resistance, though.
>

Is it honored by all packages?  I sometimes get such email when doing 
installations, but not always.  

		--Prof. Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb