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Date:      Thu, 5 Mar 2015 12:24:05 +0000
From:      David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r279603 - in head: bin/rcp usr.bin/rlogin usr.bin/rsh
Message-ID:  <0969203E-A391-4528-8CA3-ABF96D5E5ED6@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20150305122103.GA90978@zxy.spb.ru>
References:  <201503042201.t24M1jDG009278@svn.freebsd.org> <20150305114828.GK17947@FreeBSD.org> <20150305122103.GA90978@zxy.spb.ru>

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On 5 Mar 2015, at 12:21, Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru> wrote:
>=20
>> I guess when they are going to be not precious enough to be removed? =
:)
>>=20
>> In modern world of ssh and https, does any OS require them in base?
>=20
> yes.
> Some telecom equipment require rlogin.

'Some relatively obscure use case needs them' is not usually the =
requirement for keeping something in the base system.  Presumably people =
who interact with telecoms equipment are capable of installing =
packages...

David




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