Subject: Re: Confusing "current" versions of IPF (a.o.?)
To: T@W <lsp93@xs4all.nl>
From: David <neko@gencompprod.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/23/2001 11:45:46
	I installed 3.4.17 source of ipf/ipnat, the kernel (1.5V) has
3.4.16, I'm seeing no problems so far.

David

On Tue, 22 May 2001, T@W wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> 1.some weeks ago I started to follow current by pulling in files from the
> current 1-5 branch.
> IPF build fine as version 3.4.16.
> Then Darren Reed announced major flaws with "keep state" in e'y version
> before 3.4.17, so I decided to pull in the total current branch with cvs in
> the hope to find IPF-3.4.17 in there.
> 
> I SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT!!
> 
> IPF is set back to  3.4.9 (oh please).
> And I've the feeling that this is not the only one (don't wanna check all
> binaries).
> What about OpenSSH and OpenSSL?
> 
> So a request to the various developers: Please do try to bring binaries up
> to decent dates and 'bugfree' versions as much as possible.
> 
> 2.Oh and while I'm on this would it be possible to decide on having certain
> binaries in src OR in pkgsrc (i.e. both install OpenSSH happily, but by
> default in different places, ending up with different versions of the same
> thing in two different places.
> I think this is a rather confusing situation.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Touchwood
>