From owner-freebsd-current Sat Nov 30 15:41:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9F0037B401 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 15:41:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailout07.sul.t-online.com (mailout07.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FFA843E88 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 15:41:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fwd10.sul.t-online.de by mailout07.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 18IHF6-0005Rf-03; Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:41:48 +0100 Received: from jhs.muc.de (520006753247-0001@[217.228.209.216]) by fmrl10.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 18IHEw-1wYZOqC; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 00:41:38 +0100 Received: from flip.jhs.private (flip.jhs.private [192.168.91.24]) by jhs.muc.de (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gAUNmJC94682 for ; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 00:48:20 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: (from jhs@localhost) by flip.jhs.private (8.11.6/8.11.6) id gAUNlo016003; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 00:47:50 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs) Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 00:47:50 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200211302347.gAUNlo016003@flip.jhs.private> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Fcc: sent-mail Subject: Re: missing: usr.bin/rdist - used: ports/net/rdist6 From: "Julian Stacey" Organization: Vector Systems Ltd, Munich Unix & System Engineering Consultancy X-Web: http://berklix.com/~jhs/ In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 28 Nov 2002 19:52:28 MST." <20021128.195228.118628964.imp@bsdimp.com> X-Sender: 520006753247-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "M. Warner Losh" wrote: > : > - Please consider restoring rdist to FreeBSD. Thanks. > > And the number of security problems with rdist are legion. A large > component of the decision to remove it from the base was the high > incidence of security problems with the original code. That, coupled > with the rdist6 incompatibility and the better alternatives, lead us > to remove it from the tree rather than update the code. Thanks Warner, OK "security problems ... legion" ... fair enough ! > Next thing you'll be wanting perl back in the base system :-) , not me :-) I didn't want to consume list time on a discussion if rdist had been previously debated & lost, but I had no idea current had debated it. rdist might have been one of those commits that just slip through without much review sometimes. I haven't been tracking current for a long time prior to call for DP2 tester, (so perhaps I'm a good tester, 'cos I'll trip & fall on what you long term current folk know to step over/round, & not trip on), but I Did first first ask: Has this been well debated already ? or should I file a Send-PR ? & until my last post, I saw no indication of previous debate. Only then did I get: Mark M's "Debate over." Kris's: [...Other stale arguments deleted...] (which probably crossed with mail batch reading & timezones, with mine). Julian Stacey jhs @ berklix.com Computer Systems Engineer, Unix & Net Consultant, Munich. Ihr Rauchen = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz ! Schnupftabak probieren. European BSD Conference, Munich Pre-Planning http://berklix.org/conf/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message