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Re: acroread deleted from pkgsrc?

To: pkgsrc-users <pkgsrc-users%netbsd.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: acroread deleted from pkgsrc?
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 14:49:48 +0200

On Wed, Jun 05, 2019 at 02:19:29PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote:
> I noticed acroread is not present in pkgsrc. If its removal was announced
> on the list I must have missed. Any specific reasons for the removal?

All versions in tree were years old and known to be vulnerable. Acrobat
is also a very popular target for attacks, making that a very bad
combination.

Joerg

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- acroread deleted from pkgsrc?
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