Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 16:14:04 -0800 From: Christopher Nielsen <cnielsen@pobox.com> To: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_output.c Message-ID: <20010313161404.E38002@cassie.foobarbaz.net> In-Reply-To: <20010313155536.A85345@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 03:55:36PM -0800 References: <200103132303.f2DN3Lq14654@vic.sabbo.net> <3AAEAB26.12F3B507@originative.co.uk> <20010313182921.N61859@ohm.physics.purdue.edu> <3AAEB157.264D41C4@originative.co.uk> <20010313155536.A85345@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 03:55:36PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 11:46:31PM +0000, Paul Richards wrote: > > > Any good sysadmin will want to roll their own binaries/packages. > > Oh bull hocky! Sysadmins want to do things that save time and hassle. Yes, sysadmins are looking to save time, but some are more paranoid than others about pre-packaged binaries. I know I am. I haven't seen a binary software distribution mechanism yet that I trust. Of course, compiling from source doesn't guarantee anything either, as evidenced by Ken Thompson's paper "Reflections on Trusting Trust", but I get warmer fuzzies from compiling source. Just my paranoid $0.02 -- Christopher Nielsen - Metal-wielding pyro techie cnielsen@pobox.com "Any technology indistinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced." --unknown To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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