How to Install/Upgrade a FreeBSD port even though portaudit reports vulnerability

Author: , November 8th, 2009

If you want to install a port and portaudit reports vulnerabilities for this port, you can bypass portaudit by using make -DDISABLE_VULNERABILITIES: [code] cd /usr/ports/graphics/gd make -DDISABLE_VULNERABILITIES [/code] For upgrading ports on FreeBSD, you can you use portupgrade. In case that portupgrade tells that it cannot continue because the port has a vulnerability reported by portaudit, […]

How to Prevent X11 Modules from Compiling in Ports Tree

Author: , November 8th, 2009

USE_NONDEFAULT_X11BASE=1

How to Update /usr/ports on FreeBSD

Author: , November 7th, 2009

[code] portsnap fetch portsnap extract portsnap update [/code]