Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 01:46:05 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org>, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> Subject: Re: Addition to BSDstats Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005060142320.85296@hub.org> In-Reply-To: <4BE22F91.9000304@freebsd.org> References: <4BE03042.5010806@ipv6canada.com> <4BE0A341.1010207@a1poweruser.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005042107170.85296@hub.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005042135120.85296@hub.org> <4BE0E8B1.3000802@a1poweruser.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005050138530.85296@hub.org> <4BE1E3FA.4010602@onetel.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005052211540.85296@hub.org> <4BE22F91.9000304@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, 5 May 2010, Randi Harper wrote: > Marc G. Fournier wrote: >> On Wed, 5 May 2010, Chris Whitehouse wrote: >> >>> I seem to have probs with mine too. I was under the impression that >>> bsdstats was installed by default (in the base system?) >> >> There has been talk about adding it as an option to sysinstall, but, >> unfortunately, I don't have enough knowledge of sysinstall to add it, and >> nobody else has step'd forward that does ... the idea wasn't to >> auto-install/enable, but to make it more visible while you are installing >> ... >> >> Anyone out there able to do this ... ? > > I have not heard any talk about this up until this email. Its been brought up a few times over the past couple of years ... > I wouldn't want to add an option to sysinstall for this unless bsdstats > was part of base. Since it is just a script that was designed specifically so that it doesn't require any other ports to be installed, *in theory* it could just be dump'd into /etc/periodic/monthly without any issues ... But, if it were ... unlike PC-BSD, it would have to be opt-in, not opt-out ... based on all of the discussions in the past, and I agree, nobody would appreciate (and outcry would be heavy) if someone were to add an 'opt-out phone home script' that they didn't consciously enable ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Hosting Solutions S.A. scrappy@hub.org http://www.hub.org Yahoo:yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ:7615664 MSN:scrappy@hub.org
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