-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-03-27, Gert Cuykens scribbled these curious markings: > So how do we remove it from freebsd ? Please let it be a pkg_delete :) > If not witch freebsd source developer do i need to pull his leg to > remove it from source into a pkg ?
Here's a bit of basic information about FreeBSD. Despite what you may have learned about Linux, having every single file in the system managed by a package is *NOT* a good idea[1]. You end up with systems lacking compilers[2] that way, which confuse new users who try to build software. inetd is not part of any package, and I hope that it never will be. inetd is part of FreeBSD's base system -- the collection of software, documentation, &c. that the FreeBSD group maintains on their own, separate from the Ports Collection which is (for the most part) composed entirely of third-party software. I will admit that this doesn't permit for the granularity available in Linux distributions. But personally, I don't want that sort of granularity. I don't want to have to *worry* about installing a compiler, OpenSSL, and the like. I just want to tell it to install everything and have it *actually* install everything. If you want to make a fully package-based version of FreeBSD, where everything from /bin/ls to /usr/sbin/inetd is a package, then by all means do so. You won't even be alone in your desire. I seem to remember a group of people vocalising a request for this a while ago. You'll never be able to count me as a user, though. :) [1]: I'm not exactly pleased with the "distributions" concept when you install, but since I always select "All" anyway, it's a moot point I suppose. [2]: And other crucial things like OpenSSL, which even crops up on FreeBSD from time to time. Best Regards, Christopher Nehren -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCRxbyk/lo7zvzJioRAuY6AJ97blX5BpXNuvL96dK2yHdKeS8NKACgqd/r P8L8J/sI8CveGycvd0yv/cg= =ytvh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson If you ask the wrong questions, you get answers like "42" and "God". Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
