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Date:      Mon, 14 Feb 2000 22:53:37 -0800
From:      Bill Swingle <unfurl@dub.net>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc:        doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: tcp_wrappers in contrib?
Message-ID:  <20000214225337.B34501@dub.net>
In-Reply-To: <200002150547.e1F5lFw48651@gratis.grondar.za>; from mark@grondar.za on Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 07:47:14AM %2B0200
References:  <20000214195115.B31247@dub.net> <200002150547.e1F5lFw48651@gratis.grondar.za>

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On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 07:47:14AM +0200, Mark Murray wrote:
> > In looking at 
> > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=14024 today, I realized that:
> > 
> > 1) this PR indeed needs fixed. hosts_access(3|5) both mention the
> > hosts.deny file which we no longer use. 
> 
> _We_ don't use it; it can be used if you want...

Ah, gotcha. I was under the impression that we had removed that
functionality somehow.

> > 2) tcp_wrappers are still in contrib which means #1 can't really be
> > fixed. 
> 
> It can; it is just discouraged.
> 
> > Since tcp_wrappers are now part of the base system and we don't
> > use it exactly stock, is it time to move tcp_wrappers out of contrib?
> 
> Eeeeew. Sleeping dogs; let's do what fixes we can where it is.

Ok, I'll close this PR under the "hands off contrib" rule.

-Bill


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