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Date:      Mon, 26 May 2003 17:10:34 -0400
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: removing base system software, part 2
Message-ID:  <3ED282CA.3080504@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <200305252244.11802.tsasser@terra.cl>
References:  <200305252244.11802.tsasser@terra.cl>

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Tom wrote:
[ ... ]
> however, sendmail is still present on the system, as are other utilities like 
> telnet.  disabling them is not a problem;  i want them to be removed safely.

If you perform a clean reinstallation from the version you compiled with 
the appropriate /etc/make.conf flags defined, then try doing a:

	find / -mtime +10

...to identify all older files.

> pkg_* utilities are not used to do this.  i have no packages installed except 
> for the man pages ( on top of the base system installation ).  how do i 
> control what the base system installs?

You cannot.  You can change what constitutes the "base system" as 
discussed above, but the base system is one "package" and is not divisible.

-Chuck




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