On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Nick Boyce wrote:

> I wasn't sure where to find file src/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.c; I've now
> tracked it down to being included in sys.tgz (is that the right place
> ?) - and downloaded that from
> ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.4.2/source/sets to
> /usr/local/updates on my box.
> 
	Hmm - syssrc.tgz should be the kernelsource - it should be in
	'src.tgz'.

> I found the document "NetBSD Package System" by Hubert Feyrer &
> Alistair Crooks, which seems to talk mainly about pkgsrc.tgz, but
> seems likely also to apply to the contents of sys.tgz.
> 
	That shouldn't really apply.

> So I unpacked the ftpd directory from sys.tgz by 
>   cd /; tar -xvzf /usr/local/updates/sys.tgz usr/src/libexec/ftpd
> 
> ( I didn't see much point in unpacking the whole thing just for this
> patch - reasonable ? )
> 
	Modulus sys -> src, that should be ideal.

> and applied the patch 20000708-ftpd from
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/patches/ using 
>   cd /usr/src/libexec/ftpd
>   patch < 20000708-ftpd
>   make
> and got the following binary :
>   -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  109383 Sep 26 20:57 ftpd
> 
> But this binary is considerably larger than the released 1.4.2 
> binary :
>   # ls -l /usr/libexec/ftpd
>   -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  85460 Mar  3  2000 /usr/libexec/ftpd
> 
> and since the patch doesn't seem to introduce a significant amount of
> code, I wonder how this can be.  Have I missed a step, or done
> something wrong, or used the wrong ftpd source ... or just not used an
> optimisation option I should have .. or something ?
> 
	It may be that its stripped when being installed - try 'strip
	ftpd'.

> Also, how should I install the new binary ?  Using "make install", or
> do I just copy the binary to /usr/libexec and make sure it's
> permissions are set the same as the original ?
> 
	'make install' should do the right thing.

> I'll be grateful for any comments on the above, and especially
> grateful if anyone can point me at a URL for the required steps.
> 
	I don't know if we have one. We definitely should. When you
	have everything working your end would you be willing to
	contribute a set of notes?

> Sorry for the basic question - I'm a NetBSD newbie.

	No problem :)

                David/absolute
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