From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 26 16:47:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD16E37B401 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 16:47:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dsl-64-128-185-9.telocity.com (dsl-64-128-185-9.telocity.com [64.128.185.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC88943E4A for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 16:47:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mjoyner2@hq.dyns.cx) Received: (from root@localhost) by dsl-64-128-185-9.telocity.com (8.12.6/8.11.5) id g9QNjuCQ070596 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 19:45:56 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mjoyner2@hq.dyns.cx) Received: from imp.hq.dyns.cx (www@dsl-64-128-185-9.telocity.com [64.128.185.9]) by dsl-64-128-185-9.telocity.com (8.12.6/8.11.5av) with ESMTP id g9QNjs3K070587 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 19:45:54 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mjoyner2@hq.dyns.cx) Received: (from www@localhost) by imp.hq.dyns.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9QNjr6p070586 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 19:45:53 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: imp.hq.dyns.cx: www set sender to mjoyner2@hq.dyns.cx using -f Received: from 64.128.185.9 ( [64.128.185.9]) as user mjoyner2@localhost by imp.hq.dyns.cx with HTTP; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 19:45:53 -0400 Message-ID: <1035675953.3dbb293141b3d@imp.hq.dyns.cx> Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 19:45:53 -0400 From: Michael Joyner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting some daemons out of the base system References: <3D9BF56A00005F55@cpfe1.be.tisc.dk> In-Reply-To: <3D9BF56A00005F55@cpfe1.be.tisc.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1 / FreeBSD-4.7 X-Originating-IP: 64.128.185.9 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-11 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Quoting dslb@tiscali.dk: > >-- Original Message -- > >Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 19:31:06 -0400 > >From: Michael Joyner > > >If we were to say move to a more modular styled base system, > >we shouldn't have to REMOVE the daemons, simply have them > >either easy to [x] check or [ ] uncheck as part of the installation > >process. Or have a custom base installation option. Or minimial base > >installation (ie no ISDN tools) . > > Well as long as I can chose NOT to install sendmail, I'll be happy. But > I don't see the difference between having sendmail removed and having to > select it. We select all the ports we want, why not just make sendmail > another > port (like qmail)? Because people like me DEPEND on certain options as part of the base system. Sendmail is just one of those many options. Besides which, asking to have sendmail removed is asking to much. (IMHO) Whereas having an option to not have installed as part of the base system seems more digestable. :) > > br > socketd > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- FreeBSD System Administrator http://manhattan.hq.dyns.cx/ ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message