> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brian Somers writes:
> : > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dima Dorfman writes:
> : > : Does anybody know (remember?) why portmap_enable (the rc.conf knob)
> : > : wasn't renamed to rpcbind_enable when portmap became rpcbind? It
> : > : seems odd to have a knob called portmap_enable that actually starts
> : > : something called rpcbind (not to mention violating POLA).
> : >
> : > Because we didn't want to break old people's config files. Also, the
^^^^^^^^^^
> : > rpcbind rename was stupid and there were people at the time that had
> : > hoped it be renamed portmap since that was a bigger pola :-)
> :
> : Are you referring to grog & bde only ?
>
> There were a fair number of people that wanted the name to remain the
> same... I want it to remaint he same, but I don't care enough to
> fight.
I was actually making a smart arse comment about your wording :*)
> Warner
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