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Date:      Mon, 19 Feb 2001 00:18:22 +0100
From:      Thomas Zenker <thz@tuebingen.netsurf.de>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
Subject:   Re: Wish List (was: Re: The /usr/bin/games bikeshed again)
Message-ID:  <20010219001822.A58349@peotl.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <14989.27426.877852.291707@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 11:02:10AM -0700
References:  <xzp1ysylm2v.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <200102161737.f1GHbQ946702@gratis.grondar.za> <14989.27426.877852.291707@nomad.yogotech.com>

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On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 11:02:10AM -0700, Nate Williams wrote:
> > > I wouldn't be sorry to see the r* utilities (rsh, rcp, rmt...)
> > > disappear either.
> > 
> > I'd love to see those go, myself.
> 
> I'd be very angry to see them go.  Not every FreeBSD machine is
> connected to the internet.  R* utilities are very commonly used, and
> we're not gaining anything but removing them.
> 
> Disabling them from /etc/inetd.conf is barely acceptable, IMO.
> 

It's ok do disable them in inetd.conf, but to make them dissapear.
I myself have to support old firmware in old instruments, the
cross compilers are running on old hp300 only... to much trouble to
make any changes to the hp.

No to disapearance of R* utilities.

Thomas



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