Re: Curl 8.18

Mark Millard <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.ports
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 1/21/26 14:02, Piotr Smyrak wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 21:08:16 +0100
> Daniel Engberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-01-21 08:49, Andrea Venturoli wrote:
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> Curl 8.18 was released a couple of weeks ago and it closes multiple 
>>> vulnerabilities.
>>>
>>> I see no upgrade, no Bugzilla issue, no VuXML entry, etc...
>>>
>>> Sorry for the noise if you were already aware.
>>>
>>>  bye
>>>     av.
>>>  
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an overlay with curl 8.18 if that's an option, it's best
>> effort but it works for me on my boxes...
>> https://github.com/diizzyy/ports-overlay/tree/main/ftp/curl
> 
> It's also possible to update one's curl installment old school:
> * download the patch from the PR [1]
> * apply to the port files:
> # cd /usr/ports/ftp/curl
> # patch -p3 < /tmp/curl.diff
> * rebuild the package from ports.

I will note that poudriere(-devel) has a way to use a null mounted port
tree. So, for those that prefer such a style of build, that too is a
possibility for a locally patched ports tree.

> 
> 1. https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=292624
> 
> HTH,


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