From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 30 09:22:38 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6573516A4CE; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 09:22:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from jkh-gw.queasyweasel.com (adsl-64-173-3-158.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net [64.173.3.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 084BF43D2F; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 09:22:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jkh@queasyweasel.com) Received: from [64.173.15.98] (adsl-64-173-15-98.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net [64.173.15.98])j0U9UBSW012820; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 01:30:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@queasyweasel.com) In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 01:21:02 -0800 To: Robert Watson X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org cc: liukang@bjpu.edu.cn cc: delphij@delphij.net cc: cokane@cokane.org Subject: Re: OpenBSD's netcat in base or ports? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 09:22:38 -0000 I agree. FWIW, we bundled netcat in with Mac OS X's base distribution in Panther. I got a lot of requests for it before that and it's already come in handy several times, so I don't regret the decision at all. FreeBSD would benefit from having it in the base system. - Jordan On Jan 26, 2005, at 4:14 AM, Robert Watson wrote: > It's always surprised me netcat isn't in the base system -- it's a very > useful testing tool. > -- Jordan K. Hubbard Engineering Manager, BSD technology group Apple Computer