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Date:      Fri, 26 Oct 2001 23:50:54 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc/mtree BSD.var.dist
Message-ID:  <20011026235054.B45873@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011027003150.D58267@nagual.pp.ru>; from ache@nagual.pp.ru on Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 12:31:51AM %2B0400
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On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 12:31:51AM +0400, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 23:20:28 +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 12:07:42AM +0400, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> > > On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 18:30:59 +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Yes, I know, but that also means that cu(1) uses some functions from that
> > > > library that use SPOOLDIR (/var/spool/uucp).  Otherwise, they wouldn't show
> > > > themselves in the strings(1) output.  Am I mistaken?
> > > 
> > > I test all normal 'cu' functions related to modem talking and found no
> > > usage of /var/spool/uucp. As I already say, there is yet one command
> > > related to preparing job for remote execution, maybe it use them, but it 
> > > not works without full uucp in anycase.
> > > 
> > The proof of concept -- unless there are no mentions of it in the
> > strings(1) output, there may be potential users of it, as I see it.
> 
> This hidden reason is not enough to keep those dirs. Tell me, what usage
> of 'cu' not related to removed uucp is _really_ broken by removing this
> dirs and I'll put them back immediately. Be constructive.
> 
Err, I don't want these directories back, I want the opposite.
Could you make it so they are not even listed in the strings(1)
output.  This would make me feel secure about that.


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