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Date:      Thu, 02 Jul 1998 11:13:22 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>
Cc:        drosih@rpi.edu, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Variant Link implementation, continued 
Message-ID:  <199807021813.LAA01087@antipodes.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Jul 1998 10:52:26 EDT." <199807021452.KAA15866@lakes.dignus.com> 

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>  So, given my experience - I'd prefer to not have this feature
>  in FreeBSD...   I'd suggest, at least, a mechanism (vis sysctl var?)
>  to globally disable it at an installation...  

How about "just don't use it"?  The point here is that it's an enabling 
technology, not an intentional constriction of freedom.  If you don't 
want it or can't manage it properly, you don't have to use it.

-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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