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Date:      Mon, 17 Apr 2000 23:08:03 -0500
From:      "C. Stephen Gunn" <csg@waterspout.com>
To:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Outdated rdist in FreeBSD Base
Message-ID:  <200004180408.XAA00886@dustdevil.waterspout.com>

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I was discussing the out-of-date rdist in FreeBSD (there is an up
to date version in ports) on #BSDCode tonight.  Last fall the
license changed on rdist v6, and it's made available under an Open
Source license now.

I send-pr'd a tarball that would add the new version to /usr/src/contrib,
but it was apparently never committed.

Considering most people have moved towards rsync or other alternatives,
the consensus on IRC was to remove the out-of-date rdist from the
base system, and to allow rdist users to install rdist6 from the
ports collection if needed.

Continuing to ship an out-of-date version in the base isn't desirable.

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WaterSpout Communications, Inc.        Email: csg@waterspout.com
427 North 6th Street                   Phone: +1 765.742.6628
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