On Donnerstag, 5. März 2009, Thomas Reinke wrote:
> I think there was a misunderstanding.
>
> I mean replace the ENTIRE script with the one line "exit(0)",
> not just the actual test logic. Remove everything, including
> the "if(description)" section, leaving only one line in the
> file.
>
> The server won't read anything (except exit). It thus can't
> pass anything on to make the user think the script is still
> active. There won't be any plugin ID conflicts, since there
> won't be a plugin ID in the deprecated script. You can't
> overwrite a different script (well, unless you are grabbing
> stuff from multiple sources and filenames themselves conflict,
> which is a completely different problem).
> And it won't require any code tweaks in the server.
I rather prefer to refine the sync process. And perhaps the openvas-plugins
installation process in order to take identify and handle such situations.
Mistakes might happen in the future. And it is not simple retiring,
it can be just bugs. Having automized routines to take care of it, would
be the best option IMHO.
Best
Jan
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