Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 18:22:26 -0500 From: David Syphers <dsyphers@uchicago.edu> To: webmaster@forsetti.com, Helge Oldach <helge.oldach@atosorigin.com> Cc: Mike Jakubik <mikej@trigger.net>, fred@condo.chico.ca.us, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sshd vs ports sshd Message-ID: <200207101822.26550.dsyphers@uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <3D2CAE81.6010706@forsetti.com> References: <200207102123.XAA04329@galaxy.de.cp.philips.com> <3D2CAE81.6010706@forsetti.com>
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On Wednesday 10 July 2002 05:00 pm, Matt Smith wrote: > Perhaps there are better ways, but here is a "simple" solution to the > issue of "apps in the base system" vs. "apps from ports": > > Install these apps (ssh, sendmail, etc) in the base system as packages. > In other words, a basic install would still install these components, > but they would be installed in /usr/local/, and would be registered with > the pkg db, so they can easily be removed, maintained, upgraded, etc. > > Also, this may allow for 2 new installation options: "Functional Base" > and "Minimal Base", with the only difference being the inclusion of a > default set of packages in the "Functional Base". I think the difficulty with this is that some of the programs are tied into the base system. If upgrading Sendmail or gcc really was as easy as installing the port, I think Gregory Shapiro and David O'Brien would have a lot more free time :) So it's a nice concept, but not possible to implement right now (or it would have been done already). But this is my own rather limited understanding of the situation... -David -- Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand... Astronomy and Astrophysics Center The University of Chicago To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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