From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 21 00:24:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA13626 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 00:24:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from runner.jjsoft.com (jahanur.intur.net [206.97.149.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA13618 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 07:24:20 GMT (envelope-from jahan@pc.jaring.my) Received: from pc.jaring.my (klj-7-143.tm.net.my [202.188.7.143]) by runner.jjsoft.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA00973 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 02:24:26 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jahan@pc.jaring.my) Message-ID: <353C57A7.C54A8464@pc.jaring.my> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 15:24:07 +0700 From: Jahan Reply-To: jahan@pc.jaring.my X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Need for reinvented circle to stop Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG When I install a software, I get other softwares+libraries to build and compile the new software. Every software needs diff. libs with same ( well, almost) functions.Eg. When I installed smail , it down loaded some libraries +applications. When downloaded hylafax , it installed plenty of fonts and etc, X downloaded its own fonts and etc. The newly installed libs are mostly same functions that exist in my system with diff name. If there is a problem in UNIX, this is most probably one of them. Now I have libsocket++, tcp_wrappers and mostly more libs with same functionalities. To resolv these problems, why not have generic libs ? So that there are no repeatation and duplicate libs (never mind the duplicate applications). What all the guru's think ? Jahan ======================================================================================= "Its really very simple to insult a gentleman. So make that change and become NOT gentleman." ======================================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message