From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 26 17: 6: 4 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 4FF0637B401 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 17:06:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gbronline.com (mail.gbronline.com [12.145.226.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 581CD43E6A for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 17:06:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from daleco@daleco.biz) Received: from DaleCoportable [12.145.226.193] by mail.gbronline.com (SMTPD32-7.13) id AD7C16FB023E; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 19:04:12 -0500 Message-ID: <035801c27d4c$700ef490$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> From: "DaleCo Help Desk" To: "Michael Joyner" Cc: References: <3D9BF56A00005F55@cpfe1.be.tisc.dk> <1035675953.3dbb293141b3d@imp.hq.dyns.cx> Subject: Re: Getting some daemons out of the base system Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 19:04:35 -0500 Organization: DaleCo, S.P.---"the solutions people" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 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 From: "Michael Joyner" Cc: Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 6:45 PM Subject: Re: Getting some daemons out of the base system > 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. :) > > Wonder if some people would think "it isn't UNIX without Sendmail..." ?? Just a thought, Kevin Kinsey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message