David O'Brien once wrote:
> > Are not there any other uses for it? Like "xinetd"? If everything
> > else (the libwrap, the man pages) is there, why not install the tcpd
> > as well?
>
> BECAUSE IT IS NOT NEEDED by the base system.
It's Ok, no need to yell. There are a number of things, not needed by
the system, that are in the system. Not just the fortran and xtend, but
also, say, bc(1) or cal(1). It may be usefull, and it requires no effort
to have -- in fact, it probably needed some effort to be ripped out. But
most importantly, it is hard to _add_ gracefuly to an installed system.
Porter will have to work hard to make the tcp_wrapper port work with the
system libwrap, while having two libwrap-s is just plain ugly.
-mi
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