Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 13:10:47 +0200 (EET) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: dslb@tiscali.dk Cc: Michael Joyner <mjoyner2@hq.dyns.cx>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Getting some daemons out of the base system Message-ID: <20021030130625.N40834-100000@gray> In-Reply-To: <3D9BF56A00005F55@cpfe1.be.tisc.dk>
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On 2002-10-27 01:40, dslb@tiscali.dk wrote: > >-- Original Message -- > >Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 19:31:06 -0400 > >From: Michael Joyner <mjoyner2@hq.dyns.cx> > > >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 a UNIX operating system is not complete without an MTA. Even parts of the base system (like the periodic scripts) depend on the presence of a mail transfer agent that can at least do local deliveries. Recently, Gregory Shapiro (the maintainer of sendmail in the base system of FreeBSD) has made it very easy to replace sendmail with an alternative MTA in the installed system. The installer, sysinstall, allows making changes to rc.conf even before the system installation is finished, and disabling sendmail there can be done in a breeze. IMHO, instead of discussing this again and again, which has already hit the archives a lot of times, the best thing to do is to implement some idea, and then present it to freebsd-arch for a review. Giorgos. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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