Subject: Re: 'define ALLOW_VULNERABLE_PACKAGES'
To: Huub <huubvanniekerk@gmail.com>
From: Joel CARNAT <joel@carnat.net>
List: port-amd64
Date: 03/12/2006 22:50:20
On Sun, March 12, 2006 20:14, Huub wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm installing vlc and get this message:
>
> *** WARNING - 1572,buffer-overflow vulnerability in ffmpeg-0.4.8nb3 -
> see http://secunia.com/advisories/17892/ for more information *** or define
> ALLOW_VULNERABLE_PACKAGES if this package is absolutely essential
>
> How can I solve this? Where should I define that?
>

try to update your pkgsrc - a patch or new version may be available.
or use it in your make command:
# ALLOW_VULNERABLE_PACKAGES=yes make package clean

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